JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – In September alone, a police raid in Johannesburg led officers to a discovery of more than R200 000 worth of car remote jamming devices.
Over the past two to three years, the scourge of car remote jamming has been at its highest ever.
Although South African Insurers have noted a 30 per cent increase in reported car jamming incidents, the real figures are expected to be significantly underreported.
South African Insurance Association Manager Dawie Buys says criminals get into vehicles acting as if it’s their own, to avoid suspicion. He was commenting on the demeanour of a robber in a car jamming and robbery incident caught on CCTV camera.
According to Dawie Buys, it takes criminals a minute or less to get into a vehicle which has had its locking system jammed and the valuables inside stolen.
