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She said too many crime incidents happened in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt seems some unknown men arrived at the officer\u2019s house at night and demanded his service pistol,\u201d she said, adding that the perpetrators also took some of the officer\u2019s belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September highlighted robbery, car hijackings and murders as some of the most common crimes. She appealed for a fully-fledged police station instead of a satellite station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no police visibility here. You only see the police van when something happens. Mfuleni is too big for a satellite police station,\u201d she explained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial police spokesperson Sgt Wesley Twigg confirmed the incident. 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