Four armed men rob store of cash, machine

When Red Guard response officers arrived at a cash and carry business to check on the alarm last week, they saw a suspect running from the premises, operations manager Willie Reinecke told The Rep. The officer did not see any forced entry, but the client was called and they found that the suspect had cut the electrical cables. The police were called.

On Thursday, armed reaction officers responded when an employee of a cash store activated a panic button and reported that four armed men had entered the shop and taken cash and the airtime machine.

A panic alarm was activated at a private home where it was reported that two men were arguing and becoming violent. The police were called and the matter handed over to them.

On Saturday, an armed reaction officer responded to a panic alarm and reported that an old man had grabbed a woman’s money at the ATM. Community members on the scene and the reaction officer caught him and returned the cash.

The security guard at a scrap metal dealership called for assistance and they discovered the back fence had been broken, the electric fence had been cut and a cutting torch taken. The owner was informed, but he asked the response officers just to close the hole. However, the owner called again later to report that the suspect had returned.

The officers found that he was mentally disturbed, but there was another man with him who would show where the stolen gas bottle was.

In two incidents relating to petty theft resulting in the activation of panic alarms, response officers convinced the suspects to pay for the goods and they were released.