Stolen goods recovered in Cowies Hill

A quick thinking security guard recovered goods stolen during a house robbery in Cowies Hill earlier that day.

In the early hours of Wednesday,2 July, ADT Localised Security Scheme (LSS) guard, Christopher Kwela pressed his panic button when he saw two suspicious looking people carrying a television down Woodside Avenue, Cowies Hill. The pair noticed the officer and fled in the direction of Cecil Fisher Road. Armed Response arrived and assisted Kwela with a search, but no sign of the suspects could be found.

At around 6am, as Kwela walked home after his shift had ended he discovered a flat-screen television that had been abandoned near a driveway along Woodside Avenue. He radioed the Monitoring Centre to report his find. The television was later confirmed as the one stolen during a burglary at about 3.30am in Woodside Avenue and was returned to its owner.

The intruders had climbed over a wall into the property, removed a pane of glass from a window frame and bent the burglar bars inwards to gain entry. A flat-screen television and other goods were stolen, and it appeared that burglars had exited via the same window.