A 22 year old taxi driver was arrested on Tuesday, 6 February 208, at about 05:10 while he came to open a false case of hijacking.
The taxi driver claimed he was hijacked on Monday, 5 February 2018. He was unaware that his vehicle was linked to a house robbery in Ndibela Street in Browns Farm.
It is alleged three suspects burst into the house, two were wearing police uniform and takkies and the third one was wearing private clothing. They claimed to be police officers and pretended to be looking for drugs. They forced the complainants to lie down and ransacked the house, taking two televisions and a laptop and fled in an Avanza taxi.
After the suspect’s arrest police searched his shack and recovered police uniforms and a private security uniform. Meanwhile the Avanza they used was also found parked with no occupant’s in front of an address in Luthuli Street in Browns Farm. Police searched the house and found two sets of police uniforms inside the garage of the address where the vehicle was parked.
A firearm was also brought to the station by community members claiming it belonged to suspects who had committed a house robbery. Further investigations are conducted on the matter.
The suspect is expected to appear in Athlone Magistrate Court this week on charges of house robbery and possession of stolen property.
Three other suspects were also arrested at about 00:03 for a house robbery case committed in Crossroads on Friday, 2 February 2018. They robbed a couple of an undisclosed amount of cash. The three will also appear in Athlone Magistrate Court this week on house robbery charges as well.
In a separate incident a 20 year old suspect was also arrested for rape. The latter had allegedly raped a teenage girl in Crossroads as well. He is expected to appear in Wynberg Magistrate Court this week on charges of rape.
The Western Cape Provincial Commissioner Lt Gen KE Jula praised the members for their vigilance and expertise they have used to arrest the suspects who had come to open a false case.
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