The Vreed-en-Hoop office of money-transfer agency, MoneyGram was broken into sometime over the weekend and $3.3M was taken away, the police say.

In a press statement, the police said that the incident is being investigated. It said that at about 8:45 am yesterday, it was discovered that the MoneyGram Office at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, had been broken into and a safe reportedly containing $3.3 million taken away.

The locks to the outer door were cut and the office door prised open. Investigations are in progress.