East Coast Radio reported that police were investigating after a man was robbed of a large sum of money near the East Coast Radio House building on Monday.
It appears the man was an employee at a local petrol station.
According to witnesses, the robbers fired shots into the air as they made their getaway.
An eyewitness said: “I heard six gunshots, and it was a bit nerve-wracking because I couldn’t see where it was coming from,” she said.
“And then I saw what looked like a silver X5 with the back door open, and I saw them throw a small black object out of the door, and they sped off.”
East Coast Radio report
The Mercury newspaper reported that while it was initially believed that a man had been hijacked in the incident, the vehicle in question had been used by the robbers to make their getaway and had been found abandoned in Phoenix. There was no hijacking.