Swift response by police to a house robbery led to the arrest of a suspect in Morningside this morning (28 April).
Sandton police were alerted to a house robbery where a suspect allegedly accosted the victims by threatening them with a firearm and robbed them of electronic goods with an estimated value of R48 000.
“As the suspect exited the premises, he noticed the security vehicle and he fled the scene but was later nabbed in the vicinity by police members,” said Sandton Police Station’s spokesperson Captain Granville Meyer.
The suspect was found in possession of the stolen items and also an unlicensed firearm. The firearm was positively linked to a house robbery incident that happened during March in the same residential area.
The suspect is in detention and will appear in court soon.
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