A collaborative effort by Melkbosstrand police, Sea Border Police, Melkbosstrand Neighbourhood Watch, Community Safety and Support, Rural Safety and City of Cape Town Law Enforcement led to the arrests of four Namibian nationals shortly, after they allegedly perpetrated a house robbery in the rural area of Melkbosstrand on Monday 19 August 2024 at a smallholding.
Preliminary information revealed that on the same day at about 22:00 the victim, a female adult alerted members performing crime-prevention duties along the R27 of her ordeal. She reported that she was tied-up at her smallholding while the suspects searched the house for valuables, after which they fled with jewellery and electronic devices. She meanwhile managed to free herself to seek help.
The members immediately mobilised all resources to their disposal and initiated a search and cordoning-off operation to trace the suspects who were believed to still be in the rural area. Efforts of the multi-disciplinary team paid off when they detected four suspects in the adjacent farmlands with the help of a thermal device used in the search for the suspects.
The team arrested the four suspects, aged 29 to 35, and managed to retrieve some of the stolen items, jewellery and electronic devices as well as the weapons used by them during the house robbery, which included knives and screwdrivers.
The suspects are scheduled to appeared in the Atlantis Magistrates’ court on Thursday 22 August, and a charge of house robbery.
Provincial police management of the Western Cape has lauded the integrated team for their commitment and meticulous approach, which resulted in the arrests of the perpetrators.
