During a housebreaking and theft in Homelake, perpetrators broke a small window on the side of the premises, pulled boxes closer to the window and stole items from the boxes. Photo: Pixabay. For illustrative purposes.
Mapogo A Mathamaga Security on the West Rand released its crime report for the period of Friday, 1 May to Monday, 11 May.
Herman Coetzee, Operations Manager at Mapogo warned that, “Criminal activity has not stopped or gone to rest since the lockdown”.
He said the crime report for their client base revealed there were six incidents of business break-ins, namely two in Aureus, one in Greenhills and Eikepark respectively, as well as another two incidents in Westonaria.
In addition, Herman added, there was an incident of common theft as well as indecent assault in Westonaria.
We urge our clients to please remain extra vigilant. The current modus operandi is for suspects to break through the roof of a business.
“We plead with business owners to respond to urgent alarm notification calls, and come and open the business once notified of an incident so that reaction officers can conduct proper property inspections,” he said.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
