uMhlanga housebreaker nabbed on M4
The suspect attempted to evade arrest by hiding in the bushes along the M4 Ruth First Highway.
A MAN, wanted in connection to a series of house break-ins in the neighbourhood, was tracked down and arrested by a Blue Security reaction officer on Sunday morning in Ridge Road, uMhlanga.
Andreas Mathios, Blue Security spokesperson, said officers responded to a call of trespassing just after 10.30am.
“The suspect was spotted on the rear boundary wall of a home bordering the M4 in uMhlanga. When the suspect heard the panic alarm being activated, he jumped into the neighbouring property. Our officers continued to actively search the bush alongside the M4, which runs behind the properties. While doing so they then heard two shots being fired.
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“Further investigations revealed that the neighbour, two doors down from the initial incident in Ridge Road, had seen the suspect on his roof and fired two warning shots which caused the suspect to disappear again. A second search along the M4 behind this property proved more successful and the trespassing suspect was flushed out from his hiding place in the bush,” he said.
According to Mathios the suspect was identified from CCTV footage as being linked to a housebreak-in case earlier in the month.
The suspect was handed over to Durban North SAPS.
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