Hey Jozi, remember how we’ve been really nice of late and not made fun of you for a while? Sorry, about that…

It’s difficult to keep a straight face when talking about this but we’ll do our best and try not to mention the mountain and the sea. Let’s just stick to facts and report that a hold-up was captured on Google Street View and it clearly shows a gun-wielding criminal robbing an ADT security guard in Bramley.

Google has done us the pleasure of blurring out the licence plate and branding but it’s still pretty clear as to what is happening here. Over to News24:

The incident took place within viewing distance from the nearest neighbourhood patrol station; unfortunately the station guard remained oblivious to the assault happening metres away.

Theunis Kotze, General Manager ADT Inland Region confirmed the incident in question happened on February 2015.

“It was an opportunistic crime where an ADT Reaction Officer was held at gunpoint by two criminals in Johannesburg. No one was injured in the incident. The Reaction Officer’s weapon was stolen.”

According to Kotze, police and ADT investigated the incident but no arrests were made at the time.

Let’s just take a gander at what’s happening then…

Yep, that is indeed a hold-up. I would say it’s slightly less embarrassing than being caught kapping a sneaky smoke but I imagine that will come as scant consolation to the poor soul who was fleeced at gunpoint.

[source:news24]