Mpumalanga police have arrested a man who allegedly pretended to be a customer at a restaurant before whipping out a toy gun and trying to rob the establishment in Witbank on Tuesday evening.
PHOTO: Supplied/SAPSHowever, security guards apprehended him and handed him over to the police.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, said:"He was the only customer at the time, as the restaurant was about to close. He placed an order and he was told that it would take a while.
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