A highspeed chase through Brackenfell ended in luxury
Kleinbron Estate last night, where a man and a woman were arrested in
connection with motor vehicle theft.
The vehicle, a White Bantam bakkie, was reported stolen in
Woodstock yesterday afternoon, but picked up by Licence Plate Recognition (LPR)
cameras in Northpine last night at about 23:00.
“Soon after two SJC vehicles found the vehicle and started
following it out of Northpine down Old Paarl Road towards Brackenfell, where it
turned right into Brackenfell Boulevard,” says Johan Le Roux, senior shift
member of SJC’s armed response unit.
At this point the driver of the vehicle was not aware that
he was being followed.
“We kept our distance behind him in Brackenfell Boulevard
and when a police vehicle turned onto the road a block away from Brackenfell
Police Station, we signalled the officer to turn around. At this point the
driver realised he was being followed and sped away to turn right onto the N1
at Vredekloof,” says Le Roux.
A high speed chase ensued down the N1 and back onto Okavango
Road and over two red traffic lights.
“At Belami Road the vehicle turned left and then right into
the entrance of Kleinbron Estate, where he crashed through the entry boom
gates,” says Le Roux.
Once inside the estate, the SJC and police vehicles split up
to corner the suspect.
“The police vehicle followed him down Mahonie Street, while
we took the top road up the estate that links up with Mahonie,” he says.
The suspect sped into a pavement at a high speed which
damaged the vehicle’s front wheel and brought it to a halt.
“The driver jumped out of the vehicle, through an open
window of a house, through the house out into the backyard where he jumped the
estates electric fence and got away on foot” says Le Roux.
The two passengers, a man and a woman were arrested by
Brackenfell police.
An investigation is currently underway.
