A set of stolen power tools was recovered and a suspect apprehended by armed response officers of Secure Rite Security on Sunday (13 February). At around 11:00, supervisor Adrian Gilbert and Anthony de Wee were conducting crime prevention patrols in the Helderview, Somerset West when a report came through of a suspect carrying what looked like stolen tools near Schonenberg Estate on the R102. De Wee managed to find, question and detain the suspect after it was discovered that the tools were indeed stolen. Somerset West police were called in to arrest the suspect, who was charged with possession of stolen property. Pictured is De Wee standing in front of the seated suspect.


Caught red-handed

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