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An off-duty Toti SAPS member and Community Crime Prevention Organisation (CCPO) supervisor had a close call when they tried to apprehend car thieves at Pipeline beach on Monday morning, 8 December.
SAPS member, Martin Boyens contacted Rupert Smit at about 5.45am to inform him that thieves were in the process of attempting to steal a car at Toti main beach parking and asked for assistance.
“When they went to investigate, they saw the thieves in the process of stealing a white Toyota Tazz at Pipeline beach,” said CCPO operations manager, Leon Joone.
“The thieves jumped into a white Mercedes and sped off, almost knocking Martin and Rupert over.”
They gave chase, but unfortunately lost them in the vicinity of Moss Kolnick.