THREE men held a security guard at gunpoint and stole equipment from a construction site at the corner of Willow Road and Circular Drive at about 10.15 on Tuesday night.
Police spokeswoman Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the robbers had hit the guard over the head with a firearm, tied his feet together and locked him in the guard hut.
“The men stole his cellphone and radio so he could not call for help,” she said.
The men took a wheelbarrow, a generator and containers of diesel.
The guard escaped a few minutes later and got help from a petrol station.
Police responded and the three men, who were seen walking down Willow Drive, abandoned the stolen equipment and fled into nearby bushes.
“A search of the area was done, but the suspects were not found,” Janse Van Rensburg said.
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