Quick response to Mondlo house robbery leads to recovery of several stolen vehicles in Ezakheni

A HOUSE robbery in Mondlo led to the recovery of six motor vehicles this past weekend.

According to police officials, a community member from the Nceceni area in Mondlo near Pondi Tavern, opened a case at the Mondlo police station claiming that he had been woken from his sleep at around 10pm by a loud banging on his window.

When he awoke, he noticed that there were three men inside his bedroom.

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The men were allegedly armed and demanded cash.

When the victim denied being in possession of any money, he was allegedly assaulted with the butt of a firearm to his head.

He is then said to have given them the money he had with him. The men are said to have then taken his two vehicles, a VW and a bakkie and other appliances from his house.

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Police officials were able to track down the whereabouts of the vehicles using a tracking system in one of them and found the cars, with several other stolen vehicles at a homestead in Ezakheni.

The Vryheid Tracing Team, Ladysmith’s Dog Unit and Vryheid’s K9 Unit worked together to ensure that the operation was a success.