Vigilant members attached to SAPS Stellenbosch Crime Prevention Unit arrested five suspects aged between 32 and 41 on charges of possession of presumed stolen property.
Their arrest follows after members received information today about a crowbar gang that is operating in Stellenbosch area. The members operationalised the information and awaited the suspicious vehicle in Helshoogte Road, Stellenbosch. The vehicle was stopped with five occupants inside.
The members searched the vehicle and found a television, Iphones, and jewellery. As they continued with the search they also found house breaking instruments such as knives, a screwdriver, balaclavas and an axe. The five suspects were immediately arrested and detained.
It was later discovered that the stolen items belong to an 82-year-old woman who was a victim of a house robbery perpetrated during the night at a farm in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in the Stellenbosch Magistrates’ Court once charged.
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