13/09/2016
From Berea SAPS
ON 2016-09-08 AT 02:15 POLICE WERE PATROLLING ALONG AVONDALE AND NOTICED A SUSPICIOUS MALE WALKING ON THE ROAD THEY STOPPED AND SEARCHED THE MALE AND FOUND THAT HE WAS CARRYING A LARGE KNIFE ,OUR AREA HAS EXPERIENCED A FEW COMMON ROBBERIES WHERE A KNIFE WAS USED, SO THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND DETAINED AT SAPS BEREA.AGE 29YRS WENT TO COURT ON 2016-09-09.
ON 2016-09-09- AT 22:30 A COMPLAINANT WAS IN A TAXI IN MANSFIELD RD THREE AFRICAN MALES WERE SITTING BEHIND HIM ,AS THE TAXI APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF BEREA AND BOTANIC THEY HELD HIM WITH A KNIFE AND TOOK HIS LAPTOP ,CELLPHONE AND WALLET AND FLED FROM THE TAXI.THE COMPLAINANT ALSO GOT OFF AND TRIED TO GET HELP AND HE NOTICED A POLICE VAN GO BY HE STOPPED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY GAVE CHASE AND ARRESTED THE SUSPECTS AND RECOVERED HIS PROPERTY.THE SUSPECTS WERE CHARGED WITH COMMON ROBBERY.AGE OF SUSPECTS 36 AND 39YRS.WENT TO COURT ON 2016-09-12.
VEHICLES TO LOOK OUT FOR
SILVER POLO NRB REG
RED POLO
WHITE POLO
AWARENESSES
IF CONFRONTED BY HIJACKERS
DO NOT LOSE YOUR COOL,THREATEN OR CHALLENGE THE HIJACKER
DO EXACTLY AS YOU ARE TOLD
SURRENDER YOUR VEHICLE AND MOVE AWAY,REMEMBER PROPERTY CAN BE REPLACED,BUT NOT LIVES
DON’T REACH FOR YOUR PURSE OR VALUEABLES,THIS MAY THREATEN THE HIJACKERS AND YOU MAY GET HURT.
REMEMBER THE HIJACKERS ALSO PANIC SO DON’T BE JUMPY.
THANKS
CAPT P.N.NAIDOO