Talk of the Town

CRIME BRIEFS

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ý ON Monday evening a MultiSecur­ity reaction officer reported an accident at the Albany Road and Bathurst Street intersecti­on where a carrier vehicle truck hit a white Toyota bakkie. The control room requested SAPS as the reaction officer reported that the truck fled the scene of the accident. SAPS pursued the truck. A case was opened. ý A brazen thief targeted Nemato SPAR last Saturday afternoon in a sly and off the cuff move to defraud the store. A man wearing white trousers, a brown long sleeve T-shirt and khaki cap picked up discarded till slips and walked into the store, slyly taking items off shelves and asking the cashier for a refund. Nemato SPAR made contact with MultiSecui­rty control room who despatched armed response. The manager requested MultiSecur­ity to keep a look out for the thief. SAPS was not requested.

ý Last Friday morning, in Broadway Street, a MultiSecut­iy reaction officer reported that a client’s garage door was wide open. The control room phoned the client but the client’s phone was off. The reaction officer put the garage door on manual and closed it.

ý Early Friday evening, MultiSecur­ity received an alarm from a business in Wiersma Road. A reaction officer attended and noticed a container at the back of the premises was closed but not locked and was full of tools. MultiSecur­ity control room informed the owner who said that he will send someone to lock the door.

ý In Beach Crescent, early Saturday morning, a client contacted the MultiSecur­ity control room and reported a suspicious person in the yard. A MultiSecur­ity reaction officer attended and caught the man in Beach Road. SAPS attended and took the man away.

ý In Van der Riet Street, a break-in was discovered by a gardener at around 11am Saturday morning. The gardener reported that a door at the premises appeared to be forced open. MulitSecur­ity control room informed SAPS who attended to the scene. An attending MultiSecur­ity reaction officer reported that the suspect forced open the door at the left hand side of the house. The client requested that MultiSecur­ity contact a neighbour to assess if anything was missing. A locksmith also attended to the premises to fix the lock on the door.

ý Shortly before midnight last Monday, a suspicious person was spotted in Freshwater Road. An owner of one of the self-catering beach cottages called the MultiSecur­ity control room and requested armed response. The client phoned back and reported that the suspicious man has left the premises and may still be in the area. MultiSecur­ity patrolled the area and reported that they did not see anyone suspicious in the area.

 ?? Picture: JON HOUZET ?? DINNER WITH MOM: Cynthia Beresford was accompanie­d by her son Arthur at the GBS Port Alfred dinner last week
Picture: JON HOUZET DINNER WITH MOM: Cynthia Beresford was accompanie­d by her son Arthur at the GBS Port Alfred dinner last week

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