Weekend crime round-up
An overview of crimes reported to local SAPS from April 5 to 7.
The following crimes were reported to Brakpan police over the past weekend:
Friday – A silver/grey Volkswagen Polo was stolen from Mall@Carnival.
• Outside security beams were stolen from a Hastings Avenue property.
• Cellphones and cash were stolen during a robbery at a retail store at Kwa-Thema Square in Maryvlei.
A man walked into the shop at around 14:40 and approached a cashier at the tills. He showed the cashier a gun concealed in his waistband.
A second gunman then entered the shop and told staff, “this is a robbery”.
The men demanded money and instructed the cashier to take them to the office where the safe containing cellphones was located.
The robbers were joined by a third accomplice who was carrying bags. The robbers emptied the safe and placed all the cellphones in the bags.
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One of the men also emptied the tills of money. Staff and customers were closed in a store room and the trio fled.
A case of business robbery is under investigation.
• Music equipment and instruments, a TV, a microwave and a coffee machine were stolen during a break-in at a business along Rooibos Street in Dalpark.
Saturday – A home in Joubert Street, Brenthurst, was burgled of a TV, a kettle, a microwave and jewellery.
According to a witness, the perpetrators were three men travelling in a Honda Civic.
• A grey Toyota Fortuner was stolen from Willey Street in Dalview.
Sunday – An attempt was made to steal a white Nissan NP200 bakkie from an address along Blyde Avenue in Leachville.
The vehicle, which had been parked in a locked garage, was found near the front gate. The bakkie’s battery and spare wheel were stolen and the dashboard was stripped.
• Outside security beams were stolen from a property along Lawrence Road in Dalpark.
• A vehicle parked along Victoria Avenue was broken into and R3 000 cash was stolen.
The money was taken from a handbag left inside the vehicle. The handbag, which also contained personal items belonging to the victim, was found discarded nearby.
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