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Evaton community members try to get lucky after failed cash heist

By Kgomotso Modise

An eyewitness has told EWN that criminals arrived in two vehicles and tried, unsuccessfully, to bomb a cash van in Evaton on Monday afternoon. Bystanders saw...

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    The security firm says it has seen a decline in cash-in-transit heists since 2006.

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    3190 days ago
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    3191 days ago
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    3192 days ago
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    3192 days ago
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    3193 days ago
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