After recently locking his Main Reef Road business, the owner left for the evening.
When he arrived back at the premises the next morning he noticed a window in the bathroom had been broken.
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“During further inspection of the property, he realised his laptop had been stolen,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“Police were called to the scene.”
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Following an investigation, a 19-year-old man was arrested on a charge of business break-in and theft.
He has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court, where his case was postponed for plea and trial.
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