Robbers pose as workers
Residents are asked to remain vigilant as robbers are believed to disguise themselves as workers by wearing blue overalls.
CRIMINALS posing as workers wearing blue overalls, in an effort to camouflage themselves, have committed crimes of housebreaking, theft and armed robbery in recent weeks in Durban.
Blue Security’s operations manager, Brian Jackson, said several incidents involving robbers wearing overalls had been reported to the company in Glenwood and Pinetown.
“Criminals wear these blue overalls in an effort to blend into the day to day rhythm of suburbs business centres which at any given time may include workers like electricians and plumbers conducting repairs at homes and along the streets,” Jackson said.
“We urge business owners and residents to be vigilant to this modus operandi which is designed to deceive victims into thinking robbers have legitimate business in the area.”
Jackson said the latest incident in Lytton Road in Glenwood last week had involved a suspect who set off an alarm at 3am in the morning.
“Our reaction officer responded to an alarm and stopped the suspect who was fleeing from the premises when he arrived. He was dressed in a brown jacket and a two piece overall and claimed that he was going to work,” Jackson said.
Jackson added that last month two men dressed in overalls and white hats had held up a cashier at a garage convenience store in Westmead and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The incident was reported to the Pinetown SAPS.
