Videos and pictures circulating on social media of the incident show a burning vehicle in the road, groups of people scaling the cash-in-transit van next to the burning vehicle to get to the money, while onlookers watch.
However, police have issued a stern warning about the looting of cash-in-transit crime scenes.
"It is often seen in videos posted on social media platforms that money at cash-in-transit (CIT) heist crime scenes are being looted.
In both incidents, dozens of community members accessed the crime scenes and looted scattered money that was found to be lying on the ground, with some still in the cash van.
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She added that cash-in-transit heist crime scenes could be very dangerous, especially if explosives are used during the robberies.
