Fidelity ADT Jeffreys Bay team received a call from a customer reporting a break-in at home in Torchwood Street in Wavecrest that he was looking after and did not want to enter alone.
A response officers made their way to the premises and, on inspection, realised that the suspect was still on site. The team entered the home, found the suspect hiding, and immediately detained him.
He passed out after helping himself to some liquor to celebrate his luck and did not wake up in time to get away.
The house was ransacked, but the suspect did not get away with anything.