Police intensify their fight against high levels of theft in Moot
“We are concerned about the property-related crimes in the area,” police say.
One to two theft cases are reported at police in the Moot each day, according to a spokesperson.
“We are worried about property-related crimes in the area,” said Moot police spokesperson Captain Anton Breedt.
This prompted police, private security and the Tshwane metro this week to join forces to fight against property-related crime in the area.
They embarked on a massive clean-up drive in the Moot and Villieria police stations policing precinct on Wednesday, to tackle crimes including, among others, house break-ins, theft of motor vehicles and theft out of motors.
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The law enforcement urgencies and the Tshwane metro’s department of environmental affairs on cleaned up the area along the water stream from Steve Biko Road up to the 30th Avenue.
According to Breedt, the operation helped police to identify possible hideouts for criminals in order to intensify their plan of rooting out problematic crimes in the area.
Police believed that while some homeless people seemed to live in that area permanently, “some are just criminals who use it as a hideout after committing crimes”.
“Our inspection revealed that some people live there temporary, which is worrying,” Breedt said.
He cited that this was causing danger to the members of the community who might fall victim to crime from the hands of those camping there.
Police revealed that the area, along the water stream, was no stranger to crime.
Breedt said in the past they arrested several people and confiscated a large amount of dagga there.
Police now believe criminals commit property-related crimes and hide stolen property in the bush, along the water stream.
During the operation, police arrested two foreign nationals, aged 26 and 32, for allegedly not having proper documentation to be in the country.
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