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A Lenasia spice shop in the Nurul Islam Plaza was robbed this past Monday in what seemed to be an amateur operation. Two armed men entered the store and began harassing staff and pointing a gun at the cashier.

A shop employee was forced to the ground by one of the men and searched while the other attempted to get the cashier to empty the till and began pointing the gun upwards, seemingly firing it. He then went around to the employee on the floor and harassed him while stepping on his back, gun in hand.

Both offenders looked jumpy and unprepared, while they consistently assaulted the man behind the till and emptied out the till.

They made off on foot with cash and cellphones.

Watch the full video here:

ARMED ROBBERY : LENASIA SPICE STORE. NURUL ISLAM PLAZA. LENASIA. COJ. GP. 2 ARMED B/M PERPS ROBBED STORE. TOOK CASH & CELLPHONES & FLED ON FOOT. @SAPoliceService @JoburgMPD @cci_network pic.twitter.com/oqFUywGF2X

— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) May 17, 2021

With all the evidence left behind, Twitter users believe its an easy arrest.

Quick arrest for the saps,his fingerprints are all over the counter.

— Zizi ???? (@Thami26222186) May 18, 2021

They going to jump the border tomorrow, these are zimbabweans.
I so wish this Indians to stop employing foreigners for cheap labour.
Come to think I used to visit Lenasia during school Holiday…. But now ????????

— ????????Xenophobic ???????? (@PutSAPele) May 17, 2021

– Naadiya Adams