Thief caught on stolen bicycle worth R60k

LAST Monday morning, Red Guard response officers attended to a panic alert and apprehended a suspect who had attempted to purchase goods with false money, operations manager Willie Reinecke told The Rep.

At about 1am the next day, officers on patrol in Mlungisi saw a suspect riding a bicycle which had been reported stolen about four days earlier and was valued at R60000. The suspect was apprehended and handed over to the police with the bicycle.

Early on Tuesday morning, officers on patrol found a wheelbarrow containing a generator at the bridge near Frontier Hospital and handed the items in at the police station.

That morning, officers on duty at a supermarket apprehended a suspect for theft and that night, response officers attended to an alarm at a hardware store, where they apprehended two suspects breaking in.

On Thursday night, the company’s 24-hour control room received a call regarding a person lying on the railway line near the golf course. Response officers established that it was an elderly man who had passed away.

On Friday night, officers noticed a suspicious-looking person in Tylden Street with a big toolbox full of tools. The suspect dropped it and ran away when he noticed the response vehicle.

On Sunday night officers were summoned to a house in Ezibeleni where they had to remove the son of the owner from the premises after he had destroyed items. – Rep reporter