AN armed response officer arrested an alleged drug addict who broke into a home in Westville in the early hours of this morning.
Blue Security operations manager Brian Jackson said the officer had responded to a property in Thames Road after receiving information that a suspect was on site.
“The suspect smashed a glass lounge door to gain entry onto the property. He then started smashing bottles of alcohol and sustained lacerations to his arms and legs. Our officer found him in the lounge under a coffee table,” Jackson said.
“A Netcare 911 paramedic attended the scene of the crime and ascertained that the suspect was under the influence of drugs,” he said.
Jackson said the suspect had earlier crashed his vehicle into a tree in Thames Road. Westville SAPS attended the scene of the crime and took the suspect into custody.
“The suspect’s family was contacted to remove the vehicle and to go to the police station,” he said
In a separate incident in Sylvania Road a housebreaker forced open a lounge window and burglar bars to gain entry into a house.
It is unclear at this stage what was stolen.
Westville SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
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