Weekend crime round-up
According to information received, the following crimes were reported to Brakpan police over the weekend.
• Friday – Truck batteries were stolen during a burglary at a business in Jones Street, Dalview.
* The driver of a blue Ford Ranger bakkie was robbed of his vehicle by hijackers masquerading as police officers.
The incident took place along Heidelberg Road (R23), near Tsakani, at around 8.20am.
A white Hyundai with flashing lights sped up behind the victim and, thinking it was the police, he pulled over on the side of the road.
The Hyundai stopped behind him and a man alighted the vehicle and approached the victim.
The man introduced himself as a police official and asked the victim why he had been driving recklessly.
Two men then climbed into the bakkie and pulled the victim to the backseat.
He was told to lie down and be quiet.
The victim was driven around for about half an hour before he was forced into another vehicle.
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He was then driven to an unknown location where the vehicle was parked inside a garage and the victim was assaulted.
The hijackers demanded the victim’s cellphone, as well as the pin numbers for his bank cards and banking app.
They also wanted to know whether the vehicle was fitted with a tracking device.
The victim was later dropped off in a veld in Modder East, Springs, and sought help at a nearby house.
In addition to his vehicle, the hijackers also took two cellphones, a laptop, a tablet and a bag of cordless drills.
The bakkie was later recovered in Katlehong, near Germiston.
• Saturday – A business in Northdene Avenue was broken into and a cash register containing R2 000 was stolen.
* Food, a radio, a toolbox and a pillow case were stolen during a burglary at a home along Elliot Road in Anzac.
• Sunday – A residence in Gloucester Avenue, Dalview, was burgled of a TV, liquor, cleaning products and a handbag.
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