Law Enforcement officers apprehended four suspects during two separate early-morning incidents in Cape Town on Friday, 2 October.

At approximately 00:15, a member of the public alerted patrolling officers in Pelican Park to five suspects breaking into a car. Officers quickly intercepted the suspects’ white vehicle allegedly used as a getaway car in Oystercatcher Road.

Although the five men attempted to flee on foot in different directions, officers caught and detained three of them.

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Authorities transported the trio to Grassy Park police station, charging them with theft out of a motor vehicle after recovering a stolen car radio, tape, and car battery.

Later, at around 04:00 that morning, patrolling officers caught another suspect digging a trench under the Ottery Road bridge.

The man attempted to flee but officers quickly arrested him for stealing electricity cables. Law Enforcement officers also confiscated a spade used to dig the trench at the scene.

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