Rapid response by police resulted in the arrest of three
suspects and the recovery of stolen goods in Parow Valley on Tuesday 14 August.
Captain Kevin Williams, spokesperson of Parow police, says
at approximately 12:30, Parow sector 3 manager responded to a panic alarm in
Hofmeester Street.
“Upon approaching the premises, he noticed a white Kia Rio
in front of the house with a male person standing alongside it and two men each
carrying a flat screen TV on the property,” says Williams.
According to Williams, the officer stopped his vehicle and
approached the men who were loading TVs into the Kia and sped off.
He says the officer pursued the vehicle and called for
backup to which the Parow and Bellville Crime Prevention Units responded.
“The suspects abandoned the vehicle in Coronation Road,
Ravensmead and fled on foot, but the police members gave chase and arrested
them shortly thereafter.”
“Four flat screen TV’s and housebreaking implements, which
included two crowbars, a five pound hammer, two screwdrivers, a multi-tool,
knife and six gloves, were recovered from the vehicle.”
The three suspects, aged 20 to 22, respectively from Delft,
Kewtown and Khayelitsha are to appear in Bellville Magistrate’s Court on
charges of housebreaking on Thursday 16 August.
Police will investigate if the suspects were involved in
other housebreaking cases.
