World Boxing Association lightweight king Paulos “Hitman” Moses and his trainer Nestor Tobias were held up at gunpoint and robbed while in a taxi on their way from the airport.

The two Namibians were attacked by four bogus policemen while en route to Parktown in Johannesburg shortly after 11am yesterday.

They had landed at 10am to attend the launch of Dingaan “The Rose of Soweto” Thobela’s book.

Tobias and Thobela are bosom friends. Tobias fought out of South Africa as a professional for nine years and Thobela is also part of his management.

“Our car was in the slow lane and there was a car in the fast lane driving parallel with us,” Tobias said. “The driver flashed something to our driver, and he stopped right on the highway. There were four guys in the other car.

“They all jumped out and produced guns. One said this is a robbery. We were calm. Mind you, Paulos is a policeman back home.

“I had R12000 cash which they took together with our jewellery and cellphones. They gave us back our passports, jumped back into their car and sped off.”

Tobias said the robbers demanded nothing from their driver. “‘I asked him to take us to the nearest police station to open a case. He took us to Bedfordview where we opened a case.”

Tobias described the ordeal as “ a peaceful robbery”.

He said they had sent an SMS to Thobela immediately after going through the immigration passport gate.

Thobela did not reply so Tobias called him on his cellphone which happened to be off.

“I kept trying him for about an hour until I decided that we should catch a cab because I knew where we were going. A guy approached me and asked if we were looking for a taxi,” Tobias said.

“We walked towards his car and when we got there I demanded to know why his car had no taxi sign. He said it cost too much money to have that sign.

“We loaded our stuff in the boot, jumped inside and off we went. I then started making calls home just to let them know that we had arrived safely as the driver made a quick call. It was after that call that we were stopped.”