“They discovered a big hole on the floor next to fridge where it is suspected that suspects might have gained entry from tunnels underneath.”
Workers at the Shoprite supermarket in the Newtown district of Johannesburg discovered the heist when they went in last Friday to prepare for the resumption of sales on June 1.
Until Monday, alcohol sales were banned under South Africa’s strict lockdown regulations which came into effect on March 27. The ban was meant to ease pressure on emergency wards and prevent a feared spike in domestic violence. “They discovered a big hole on the floor next to fridge where it is suspected that suspects might have gained entry from tunnels underneath,”The Shoprite store, situated in a shopping mall, had been secured from the outside.
“But the suspects avoided the mall’s main entrance and instead used electrical and stormwater tunnels beneath the shopping centre to gain access to an area beneath the store”“They then tunnelled through the solid concrete floor directly into the liquor shop to gain access undetected.
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