Neighborhood and farm watches are not allowed to perform by police Minister, which ruling now starts taking its toll. A group of culprits stole an entire concrete wall of 80 slabs at a fruit farm on Sonstraal road and then raided the fruit farm later, stealing nearly 70% of the harvest with a large group.
The farmer is trying his best with security, but is fighting a losing battle. Police call out are mostly in vain due to manpower limitations according to the farmer.
Before the DFW group could assist but since April this entity got restrictions by SAPS to stand down and halt all operations from security and protection to medical emergency to fire.
The fruit stolen is sold locally, the slabs were on their way to a buyer, but fortunately Fidelity Adt officer Green, was well informed via his DFW radio network, saw some culprits transporting the goods and gave chase.
Some of the wall was retrieved. The DFW itself may be temporary down, but our partners are not. This offers some great relief to the many members of the DFW.
Lets hope the restrictions are lifted soon, as crime gets out of hand, despite the stories by some officials of a crime reduction.
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