WATCH: Business robbery probe after armed suspects target Durban mall
KZN police have confirmed an early morning heist at the Westwood Mall in Westville.
Cleaning staff and security guards were held up and thousands of rands worth of merchandise stolen from some of the stores.
Newswatch understands MTN and Edgars were amongst the shops hit.
CCTV footage, believed to be from the scene, shows half a dozen men wandering the passages of the shopping mall.
At least two of them are brandishing handguns and one is armed withwhat appears to be a golf club.
Police spokesperson, Thulani Zwane says a case of business robbery is being investigated.
"It is alleged that in the early hours of this morning - seven suspects entered the business premises where they held up two security guards as well as a cleaner - armed with firearms. They smashed the glass doors of the premises. Arrests have not been made at this stage and the matter is under investigation," he said.
Zwane says the gang fled in a Corsa bakkie.