Thief squeezes through burglar guards at Gillitts home
Two other men were arrested in Waterfall for cable theft.
THREE men were arrested in Upper Highway at the weekend when a local neighbourhood watch group teamed up with Blue Security.
One of the men was an intruder that squeezed through burglar bars of a home in Gillitts and there other two are believed to be cable thieves.
Blue Security’s community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios, said the first man was arrested in Gillitts on Saturday morning. The man broke into a home in Forest View Drive at about 3.25am.
“The suspect forced open a bedroom window and squeezed through the burglar bars to gain entry. He grabbed two cellphones, a laptop, a hard drive and a portable induction cooker before fleeing the scene when the panic alarm was activated,” said Mathios.
“He jumped over the gate and ran into some nearby bushes. Our officer arrived at the scene, gave chase and arrested the suspect.”
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Mathios said the officer also managed to immediately recover some of the stolen items, including the portable cooker and hard drive which he found lying at the bottom of the garden. The items were handed back to the owner.
Hillcrest SAPS took the suspect into custody.
Members of the Crestwatch Neighbourhood Watch alerted an armed response officer to a cable theft in progress at the intersection of Inanda Road and Crestholme Drive at around 10.40am on Friday.
“The officer responded to the scene, but the suspects had already moved on. Our officer patrolled the area in search of the suspects, who he found walking along the road carrying a black bag,” Mathios said.
“The officer stopped the men for questioning and discovered 100m of Telkom cabling inside the bag. The neighbourhood watch members then arrived at the scene and identified the suspects. The suspects, who identified themselves as residents of Molweni, were handed over to the Hillcrest police at the scene of the arrest,” Mathios said.
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