Gate motor thieves target Van Riebeeck Park street

In the early hours of Saturday morning PHS COPS’ control room received a phone call of a suspicious vehicle in front of a client’s premises on Blouberg Crescent in Van Riebeeck Park.

Reaction officers Cyril and Steven were immediately dispatched to investigate. Upon arrival they found the client’s gate motor missing.

Cyril and Steven started to investigate and found several gate motors missing in the street.

A few minutes later the reaction officers, together with patrollers Arno and Shaun from the Van Riebeeck Park CPF arrested one man for stealing the motors and recovered all five gate motors that were stolen on Blouberg Crescent.

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