House robbers arrested in Sydenham

FIVE men made their first appearance in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Friday, facing charges of housebreaking and possession of housebreaking implements. 

Colonel Thembeka Mbele from provincial SAPS said this comes after the Sydenham Trio Task team, along with a local security company, arrested the men who were travelling in a vehicle suspected to be involved in criminal activities in the Sydenham and Mayville policing precinct.

“Police were alerted to the vehicle that was travelling along Reservoir Hills and Umgeni  Road. Police officers together with local security companies then followed the vehicle out of Reservoir Hills into Umgeni Road. The vehicle was pulled over and after a thorough search, several housebreaking implements were found in the vehicle,” said Mbele.

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She said the men could not provide police with a satisfactory explanation with regards to the items that were in the vehicle and they were arrested and taken to the Sydenham police station for further investigation.

“On further investigation, it was discovered that the same vehicle and suspects were linked to a Mayville housebreaking that was committed earlier in the day. The suspects were then detained at Sydenham and charged for being in possession of housebreaking implements. When profiling the suspects, one of them was said to have a long list of prior convictions for house robbery and housebreaking. All the suspects will be profiled to ascertain whether they are linked to other cases in the Sydenham and neighbouring stations,” she said.  

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