Between May 5 and May 7, the Bedfordview SAPS recorded three house robberies. The cause of the spike in robberies is under investigation.
Spokesperson for the Bedfordview SAPS Capt André de Jager told the NEWS that three house robberies in the space of just three days were out of the ordinary. Two of the house robberies occurred in Morninghill while the third incident was reported in De Wet Street.
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In the first incident on May 5, an elderly couple were assaulted in their Morninghill home when two men entered the property. De Jager said the men were armed with a knife and a pickaxe head.
“The elderly man was working in the garage when the two men entered the property. They forced him inside the house,” he said. “The suspects fled the scene with a television, cellphones and jewellery.”
On the same day shortly before 1pm, officers were alerted to a second house robbery, this time in De Wet Street.
“The victim noticed four men in her house and they demanded jewellery. They were armed with a knife and a firearm and fled the property with a television and jewellery,” de Jager said. At 2am on May 7, the third incident was reported to Bedfordview SAPS. “The door to the victim’s Morninghill property was forced open. Two victims were tied up and forced to stay in the bedroom by three suspects armed with two firearms,” the spokesperson said.
He added that the suspects fled with laptop computers, a television, cellphones and a tablet.
De Jager urged residents who live in enclosed areas to approach their security providers to conduct extra patrols.
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