Brooklyn police search for Lynnwood Glen robbers

Brooklyn police have asked for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who were involved in three robbery cases of a year ago. In the first robbery in October last year, a 26-year-old student was with a friend at a music studio in Lynnwood Glen busy with recordings. When they finished recording at around 03:00 and about to leave the building, two unknown men entered. “One was armed with a firearm and the other with a knife,” said police spokesperson Captain Colette Weilbach. ALSO READ: New four-legged ‘staffer’ joins Brooklyn police station “His friend struggled with one of the suspects and was stabbed in the shoulders.” The alleged robbers demanded their cellphones and laptops. Weilbach said they forced the students to unlock the studio where they ransacked the place. The students were tied up before the pair fled with electrical appliances. In a second incident in November last year, a 22-year-old student was with six friends at his apartment at around 03:00 also in Lynnwood Glen. “Three unknown men entered the house and threatened the man and his friends with a firearm, a knife and a screwdriver. The suspects ransacked the house and searched their victims for cellphones,” Weilbach said. ALSO READ: Brooklyn police clamp down on cellphone robbers “They locked them inside the house before they fled.” The next morning, the same group struck again at another address in Lynnwood Glen where a 23-year-old man and a friend were asleep. “He and his friend were threatened with a firearm and a knife,” Weilbach said. “The suspects tied them up and ransacked the house before they fled.” Weilbach said investigations led them to believe that the same suspects were responsible for all three robberies. All the victims described the suspects in the same manner. They described one of the men who was armed with a firearm (silver in color), as being about 1.9 meters tall and the other one, armed with a knife, was described as being about 1.4 meters tall. “Both suspects spoke Tswana. In all three incidents, they were wearing gloves,” Weilbach said. “An appeal is made to members of the public to assist the SAPS to locate the two suspects in the attached CCTV footage.” Investigating officer Sergeant Christo Jooste said he was confident there would be a breakthrough in the investigation with the help of members of the public who could possibly identify the suspects. Do you have more information about the story? Please send us an email to editorial@rekord.co.za or phone us on 083 625 4114. For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord’s websites: Rekord East For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram