Sophiatown Police work with security company to bring down robbers

NEWLANDS – Suburban Crime Prevention (SCP) security and the Sophiatown Police worked well together when they tackled a housebreaking incident in Northcliff.

On 29 June at about 10.25am SCP security guards and the Sophiatown Police responded to a housebreaking in progress where they arrested two male suspects aged between 27 and 30 years.

According to Sophiatown Corporate Communications officer, Lieutenant Colonel Julia Claassen, the suspects knocked on the door of the house in Arizona Crescent in Northcliff. The domestic worker did not open the door but she checked through the window and spotted two unknown men as they were breaking the window to gain entry. She then pressed the panic button which alerted the SCP security who responded swiftly. “They arrested the two suspects with the help of the Sophiatown Police officials,” said Lt Col Claassen.

Lt Col Claassen said that the suspects appeared on 30 June in the Sophiatown Magistrates’ Court on charges of housebreaking .

The Sophiatown Police also conducted a high-density operation that was a major success. “They arrested seven suspects for drug-related crimes during the operation held from the 28 June to 30 June.

“This operation was in aid to curb the current drug-related crimes within the Sophiatown policing precinct,” said Lt Col Claassen. She said that they managed to confiscate various drugs such as 1 gram of crystal meth, 4 grams of CAT and 7 mandrax tablets.

The suspects appeared on charges of drug possession and dealing in drugs in the Sophiatown Magistrates’ Court on 29 and 30 June.

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