During the campaign that took place on Friday night, two suspects were arrested and a third suspect escaped. “We are very happy with how the campaign went and are hoping to host the project weekly until all the criminals are off our streets.

“Of the two suspects, one was caught trying to jump a fence, and another was arrested for drinking and driving. We had a third one but he escaped,” said Uwe Kröh of the Tzaneen CPF. Tzaneen residents have been in the grip of a spate of break-ins that seem to follow a specific modus operandi over the last few weeks.

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On the weekend of September 15, a man was spotted in the Arbor Park area after a resident reported seeing the alleged robber. He was apparently armed with a knife. In Boundary Street, the offices of a brokerage firm became the target of two break-ins in a short period of time.

In August, a thief entered the building by climbing up to the window in the early hours of August 16. A resident in Park Street posted on a security WhatsApp group that she was the target of a break-in where she believed the thief had keys to her house. Everyone hoped that the recent arrests had netted the suspect.