A suspect involved in an alleged house break-in in Glen Marais on Wednesday morning was caught on Duvenhage Avenue near the Edleen circle thanks to the efforts of multiple security companies.
According to Gerald Groenewald, operations director for Sec Pros, four suspects allegedly broke into a house on Witsering Avenue around 10.30am while the owners were at work.
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Alpha Security reported a call came through on the Share It Zello group from Smart Security Services (SSS), reporting a suspicious white Ford Fiesta across from the MBT petrol station in Edleen. A resident reported she was followed by a white Golf accompanied by the Fiesta which was circling around SPAR.
Alpha Security dispatched Petrus Motlhapi, who, on arrival, stopped behind the parked vehicle in question.
The driver asked Motlhapi to move his vehicle as he wanted to go. Rudolf Espach from P&C Security and Casper van der Walt from Sec Pros also stopped on the scene and boxed the vehicle in.
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The driver was arrested by Motlhapi, and upon further investigation, the officers noticed household goods in the vehicle,” Alpha Security said.
Groenewald said the licence disk and registration plates did not match.
Goods such as a plasma screen television, camera, smartphone tablet, gas bottle and TV remotes were found inside the vehicle.
The remaining suspects managed to escape and are still at large.
Norkem Park SAPS spokesperson Sgt Johanna Madiga confirmed they were summoned to the scene.
“The security companies were doing their regular patrols when they noticed the stationary car allegedly involved in the house break-in earlier in Glen Marais.
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