Law enforcement has urged residents to open up cases after encountering an incident of crime.
This follows a rather setback into an investigation of white Toyota Tazz with a black bonnet which had been reported by a number of residents because of its suspicious activities in the area.
The vehicle was linked with multiple incidents of attempted robberies targeting women.
Some residents had claimed that the vehicle had been following them in more than one occasion.
A follow-up investigation by various law enforcement agencies, including security companies, led to the identification of car at a local shopping centre parking lot on Saturday, 1 June.
“Upon arrival of the personnel, the suspect vehicle was positively identified,” said Rudi Holtzhausen, BCI Security’s operations manager.
He said no suspects were inside the vehicle. “So everyone stood back and waited for the suspects to return to the vehicle. While observation took place, we noticed three suspects showing lots of interest in the vehicle. One of the suspects eventually got into the vehicle and sat there for a while and got out again before returning later, leaving the other two suspects at a restaurant inside the mall,” he explained.
“Police, BCI and Fidelity then pounced on the suspect. The other two suspects were also taken from the restaurant and brought to the vehicle.”
“BCI Security, Fidelity Security and Police made contact with all the ladies who reported the attempted robberies to obtain case numbers in order for the suspects to be arrested. Unfortunately, none of them reported the matter to the police forcing the police to collect as much information of the suspects as possible before releasing them again,” Holtzhausen explained.
After this, he then encouraged, “Crime and criminal activities works like a puzzle. All pieces needs to be there and needs to fit into each other to complete the puzzle. However, in this case, one vital piece of our puzzle was missing, a case number!”
“We urge everyone affected by a crime to report the crimes to the police before reporting the matter on Facebook. Facebook is a wonderful tool but cannot allow Security companies and police to make positive arrests on its own,” he urged.
