CPS Security arrested a man in Douwn Street, Verwoerdpark, for gate motor theft on April 3.
According to the director of CPS Security, Tyrone van der Merwe, a CPS client reported seeing an unknown person removing the anti-theft component from a gate motor at a nearby church, and he sent in a panic signal.
“Our reaction stood off within minutes of the activation and noticed the suspect running away from the entrance and jumping over the perimeter fence,” said van der Merwe.
Tyrone said that after the suspect was pursued and caught, the gate motor theft tools and drug paraphernalia were discovered in his possession.
Alberton SAPS was contacted, and the suspect was apprehended.
Van der Merwe said that SAPS will verify through their investigation if the suspect can be connected to other gate motor theft instances in the area.
