eMBALENHLE– The eMbalenhle Police are concerned about the high number of house robbery cases.
According to Constable Busi Mthethwa, eMbalenhle Police spokesperson said the community need to be vigilant.
Mthethwa said a woman was robbed of goods worth R30 000 when two men armed with pangas forced open the door to her house on Thursday night, November 17.
They demanded a cellphone and a laptop. When she explained that she did not have a laptop, they ransacked her house and made off with her belongings.
A case of house robbery was opened, but no arrests have yet been made.
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Mthethwa said another woman from Ext 16 opened a case of house robbery on Friday, November 18.
Four men forced open the door one of them pointed a gun at the woman. The robbers stole her belongings worth R6 000 and then sped off in a minibus.
Mthethwa said the police arrested one suspect. The other three are still at large. A third house robbery happened in Ext 11 on Sunday morning, November 20.
According to Mthethwa, three suspects robbed a man at his house at gunpoint. They fled with his belongings and R350.
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