In support of the National Trio Crimes Action Plan formulated by SAPS management in 2017, unceasing efforts to curb the scourge of trio crimes is paying dividends with the arrest of 27 suspects in the past week.
Immediate reaction by Port Elizabeth K9 members to a complaint of an alleged break in at a bank in Govan Mbeki Avenue, Port Elizabeth resulted in the arrest of a 23 year old suspect within an hour after the incident was reported.
It is alleged that at about 23:00 on 3 January 2017, police were alerted by the bank’s security that there is movement at the bank and the suspect could be seen on CCTV cameras. The front window was smashed and a computer monitor was snatched.
Description of the suspect was provided and soon K9 members spotted the suspect in Middle Street, not far from the crime scene. The suspect’s hands were bleeding and the monitor was found in his possession. The suspect appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates’ Court on 5 January 2017 on housebreaking charges.
“These arrests and confiscations are direct pointers of the progress SAPS is making in the fight against crime and the result of the commitment we made when we launched the Safer Festive Season Operations. We are determined to make our communities safer even beyond Festive Season,” said Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Liziwe Ntshinga.
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