Working together to fight crime
Members of the community, police and Blue Security, arrested criminals in the Berea area this week.
BLUE Security reaction officers, police and employees arrested several suspects involved in residential and business burglaries on the Berea this the past week.
Blue Security managing director Darryn le Grange said the recent arrests continued a positive trend where security companies, the police and the community were working together and making an impact in the fight against crime.
“In one of the arrests our armed reaction officer arrived at the scene of a housebreaking in Stephen Dlamini (Essenwood) Road where suspects had forced open a driveway roller door, a window and burglar bars to gain entry into the property. Both suspects were arrested,” le Grange said.
He added that in another incident, two alleged burglars were spotted breaking into a garage in Kildare Road in Glenwood at 6.30am last Thursday.
“Our reaction officer managed to arrest one of the suspects and recover a stolen bicycle but unfortunately the second suspect fled with another bicycle,” he said.
Police arrested burglars who broke into a house in Vause Road.
“They gained entry through an upper level window and fled with cash and cellphones. The police arrested them and recovered the stolen goods on the same day,” he said.
Employees at a business in Clark Road also arrested an alleged thief after he stole a cellphone from the shop, le Grange said.
Le Grange urged residents to be on the lookout for a silver BMW, which was used in an armed robbery in Cherry Road on the Berea and a Hyundai i20, which was used in a hijacking in Alcock Crescent in Overport.
“A neighbour responded to screams and discovered his neighbour had been held up in his home in Cherry Road. Suspects in a Silver BMW had apparently followed the neighbour from Westwood Mall and held him up as he entered his property. A television and a Mercedes Benz were reported stolen,” le Grange said.
Le Grange advised residents to continue working closely with their security companies and the police to find solutions to crime that would help them to feel safe in the suburb again.
“If we focus on working together and tackling what are often mistakenly considered as the lesser crimes of trespassing, vandalism and petty theft, criminals will get the message that they are not wanted in the area and be forced to move out or face arrest,” le Grange said.
