Bandits fled with two boxes containing a concealed amount of money following the banditry assault at G4S security vehicle at the parking lot of a prominent tile business in Mayville, Durban, on Friday morning.

Police spokesperson, Lt-Col Brenda Muridili said the suspected bandits confronted the G4S security personnel and mugged them of two boxes of money outside Malls Tiles. "Shots were fired but there were no injuries," she said.

Dhevan Govindasamy of PT Alarms, which responded to the banditry, told TimesLIVE that the G4S security members had gone to the tile business to collect money when they were assaulted by about four or five suspected bandits who arrived in a red Datsun Go.

He said after the suspects had robbed the G4S security personnel, the guards fired at them, shattering the rear window. One of the suspects ran on to the N3 on foot and disappeared. The other suspects sped off in their getaway car.

Govindasamy said they drove around the vicinity in search of the suspects but their efforts were in vain.