Four businesses were broken into and police were shocked at the most recent break in as burglars made sure they did as much destruction to the shop as possible when they gained entry.
On Friday, January 6 in the early hours of the morning at approximately 03:15 the BEARS shop was broken into.
It’s alleged that the burglars used something to smash the window, and then something was used to hook the burglar-proofing which was pulled off along with the window.
The empty stand where the televisions stood, 14 televisions stolen from BEARS in the Central Business District (CBD) on Friday, January 6.
Suspects then gained entry into the shop and grabbed 14 televisions that were on display.
It’s alleged that there were four suspects and they were driving a black BMW.
The window and the burglar-proofing that was broken to gain access into the shop.
“They must of ran straight through this window and headed to the television stand as they only grab the televisions that were visible. Making their way out the window again grabbing a television that was near the open window,” said the manager from BEARS.
On the same morning at 06:45 when Mr Stefan Venter arrived at his work place in Stevenson Street he noticed that the window to his office was broken. When he went inside the premises he noticed that the printer had been stolen.
At 06:00 at a business on the Old Middelburg Road Ms Jacoba Malan alleged that she left the businesses the previous day and everything was in order.
Total destruction was caused at the BEARS store in the Central Business District (CBD).
The following morning when she returned to the shop she found that the one window had been forced open and when she looked inside she found that the television, speakers and a laptop had also been stolen.
On December 22 at 15:20 when Ms Janepher Mirembe left the office in Escombe Street she made sure the office was locked up and everything was in order. When she returned on December 30 she noticed that a window had been broken.
Mirembe went to check what happened inside and she noticed that a couple of items inside the shop had been stolen.
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