Weekend crime round-up

According to information received, the following crimes were reported to Brakpan police over the weekend:

• Friday – A tow truck driver was hijacked while attending to a call-out in Sallies Village. The driver, travelling in a white Isuzu truck, received a call to tow a vehicle and arrived at the given address along Olifant Street around 4pm.

When he arrived, he phoned the client who told him to park and wait for him. Upon the client’s arrival, the driver asked him about the vehicle that needed to be towed and the man directed him to a new location and told him they first needed to pick someone up.

The driver and the man then drove around the corner and picked up another man. This man threatened the driver with a gun and he was taken to an open veld where his hands were tied with cables and he was robbed of his cellphone and bank card.

The client drove off in the truck and the gunman kept a watch over the driver for a short while before fleeing on foot.

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* A female taxi commuter was robbed of her cellphone and cash.

The victim boarded a white Toyota Quantum with four occupants along Vlakfontein Road in Withok Estates at about 7pm. Once they had driven off, the victim was threatened with a gun and a knife by two of the occupants. She was robbed of her belongings and forced out of the vehicle.

* Carpets, a bag and other items were stolen from a car parked at an address along Kingsway Avenue.

• Saturday – A residence in the Mkhankwa Village informal settlement in Maryvlei was broken into.
A firearm and tools were stolen.

* A scooter (make and model not provided) was stolen from Loerie Lane in Anzac.

• Sunday – A woman was among a group of hijackers who robbed a motorist of his vehicle along Ergo Road in Maryvlei.
The victim, who was travelling in a white Volkswagen Polo, was heading towards the N17 highway when a black BMW X5 pulled in front of him, forcing him to stop.
The incident took place at around 9.45pm.
Another BMW stopped behind the victim and he was approached by three men and a woman.
The men were armed with guns and ordered him to get out of the vehicle.
The victim remained in the car and one of the hijackers fired a shot, which struck the rear window of the Polo.
The victim was then forced into the backseat and the hijackers drove off with him.
In addition to his car, the victim was robbed of his cellphone, bank card, driver’s licence and cash, and dropped off in a veld in Thokoza.

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