Joburg’s dumbest criminal caught after suspect forgets to turn off a stolen phone
A stolen phone was tracked across the city leading to the arrest of two armed robbers.
An armed robbery at a business in Beyers Naude resulted in items being stolen by three armed men who were subsequently caught after a multi-agency operation.
Clive Maher from SCP Security said, “The suspects took five phones, a laptop, a purse, and some bank cards from customers. One of the suspects attempted to keep one of the phones for himself and put it in his pocket, hiding it from his partners in crime which led to their arrests.”
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Maher said the phone was not turned off when the man tried to hide it which they were able to track to Diepkloof. “We quickly put together an operation between police, JMPD, JMPD K9 unit, and ourselves where we were able to approach the vehicle with the stolen goods.”
One suspect fled but the other two were apprehended and detained with all goods recovered except for the phone which led to the successful outcome.
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Linden police spokesperson, Sergeant Takalani Sibiya said, “Two men were arrested by police, aged 54 and 42, and are currently in custody with the vehicle they used being sent for evidence gathering. One suspect managed to evade arrest.”
Maher said the use of technology in fighting crime and collaboration between private security and various law enforcement bodies is so important and this is demonstrated in this instance.
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