• Friday – A car parked along Dirk Van Der Hoff Street in Rand Collieries was broken into.
Several CDs, a GPS device and a pair of spectacles were stolen.
The car’s ignition and driver’s side door were damaged.
* Three burglaries were reported.
The break-ins took place at homes along George Street and Strange Avenue in Anzac and Victoria Avenue.
Among the valuables stolen were kitchen appliances, a computer, TVs, chairs and a welding machine .
* Two security guards were assaulted with iron rods during a robbery at business premises along Denne Road in Withok.
Three men confronted the victims in the guardroom at around 4.30am.
The robbers fled with cellphones.
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* A domestic worker was threatened at gunpoint during a house robbery at her employer’s Brenthurst home.
The victim was confronted by three men inside the Tweedy Street house at about 1.30pm.
One of the robbers pointed a gun at her and demanded money.
The victim was assaulted and taken to a bedroom, where the robbers bound her hands and legs.
After ransacking the house, they fled with laptops, a TV, printer, microwave and other household items.
• Saturday – Tools, cash and a radio were stolen from a vehicle parked along Germains Avenue.
* A Sunair Park resident walked in on two robbers inside her Petrus Street home at around 6pm.
The victim was held at gunpoint and forced outside, where she was locked in a back room.
Jewellery, a laptop and two TVs were stolen.
* A man walking along New Kleinfontein Road in Leachville was robbed of his cellphone.
The incident took place at about 9pm after two men grabbed the victim and threatened him with a firearm.
They took the victim’s cellphone and fled in an old brown Volkswagen Golf.
• Sunday – A white Toyota Atios was stolen from Mall@Carnival.
Other cases:
• Thursday – Two TVs and an amplifier were stolen from a home along Floors Street in Withok.
* A black and silver PGO T-Rex 125cc scooter was stolen from Voortrekker Road.
Weekend arrests
The following arrests were made in Brakpan over the weekend:
• Speeding: 4
• Possession of drugs: 6
• Attempted housebreaking and theft: 1
• Drunk driving: 1
• Theft: 1
• Assault GBH: 1
• Attempted murder and discharging of firearm: 1
• Selling liquor without a licence: 1
• Reckless driving: 1
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Information supplied by the Brakpan SAPS. All details are correct at the time of publishing.
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