The following crimes were attended to by Umhlali SAPS over the weekend:
• A car was stolen while the owner was surfing, from Surfers Lane in Ballito on Sunday.
• There were two incidents of theft out of motor vehicles. Electronics were stolen out of a car at Ballito shopping centre but there was no visible damage to the car. Then a number of items were stolen out of a car on Dunkirk Road on Friday. The window was smashed to gain entry.
• Two businesses were broken into. On Saturday three metres of copper cable was stolen from the Dam house at Port Zimbali. Then on Friday morning tools and machinery were stolen from a workshop on Tinley Manor Road.
• On Sunday morning a house was broken into on Ocean View Drive while another house was burgled on Simbithi Drive. Two houses were broken into on Friday, one at Kenwyn on Sea and the other on Little Maritzburg Road.
• A man was found with stab wounds to his chest in Velani on Saturday night. The 26-year-old victim was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
• A man was stabbed after an argument in Esenembe with another man on Friday night.
Umhlali SAPS arrested one person for drunk driving, thirteen for drinking in public, two for road traffic violations, five for possession of marijuana and one person was arrested for selling liquor without a license.
Acting station commander Lt Col Dieter Fittkau cautioned surfers to be wary when going for early morning surfs.
“You may think nobody has seen you hide your car keys but you are sadly mistaken,” he said.
Fittkau is also duty bound to inform insurance providers of circumstances surrounding claims and he will point out any negligence by the claimants.
Contact Umhlali SAPS on 032-947 9900
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