Two men were arrested for attempted house break in recently, the Lyttelton SAPS Sector 2 Community Police sub forum said.
According to Chairman of the Lyttelton SAPS Sector 2 Community Police subforum Lourens Botha, the incident took place at around 10:30 when a call came in over the Lytcom Radio network for a robbery in progress at house number 216 Van Riebeeck Avenue in Lyttelton.
It was the established that it was not in fact a robbery in progress at 216 Van Riebeeck, but a trespassing and attempted break-in at 42 Molteno Avenue. Botha said after the alarm at 42 Molteno went off the perpetrators jumped over the wall into 220 Van Riebeeck, where the domestic worker spotted them and called for help on the radio whereby the owner of 216 Van Riebeeck immediately called for assistance.
“At around 10:41 the two suspects, who had since jumped into Van Riebeeck Avenue and started running in the direction of Fitzpatrick Avenue were apprehended. At this point Monitornet had also arrived on scene, followed shortly by the Lyttelton Police. The two suspects were taken into custody. Several more SAPS vehicles (in total 4 marked vans and a unmarked vehicle), a Chubb Armed response vehicle and a Monitornet Tactical Response vehicle also responded to the scene, added to the almost ten Lytcom vehicles that responded,” explained Botha.
He further said the two suspects were identified by the domestic worker at 220 Van Riebeeck and taken to Lyttelton Police station. “After police searched the premises the owner, accompanied by his son in law, and several armed response officers canvassed the interior of the house and it was confirmed that the suspects did not manage to break into the house and nothing was stolen, said Botha.”
Nico Chrisostomou said when they responded to the call, together with the CPF we managed to arrest the two men. The police were not available to confirm the arrest and the age of the suspects.
