K9 unit arrests country club housebreaking suspect, Walmer

South African Police Service

K9 unit arrests country club housebreaking suspect, Walmer
K9 unit arrests country club housebreaking suspect, Walmer. Photo: Pixabay

The swift response from the K9 unit members resulted in the arrest of a housebreaking and theft suspect on Saturday, 27 February 2021 and the confiscation of metal and iron pipes.

It is alleged that at about 11:20, the members responded to a call from the security guard at a country club in Victoria Drive in Walmer that two suspects were in the building. The guard spotted them through the broken window.

On arrival, the K9 Unit members with their dogs secured the premises from all sides. One suspect was seen carrying metal and iron pipes and was ordered to stop. He ran back into the building. K9 Rex was released with his handler close behind him. Rex apprehended the 19-year-old teenager.

He was detained on a charge of housebreaking and theft and is expected to appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 1 March 2021.

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