A suspect vehicle, sought in connection with a Housebreaking and Theft which occurred in the Table View area yesterday, was stopped by SAPS Flying Squad and Metro Police units in Philippi East on Saturday afternoon.
Metro Police technology alerted to the vehicle moving through the Nyanga area and a coordinated response effort was launched.
Three suspects have been arrested, and the vehicle seized for being used in the commission of a crime. Further links to additional cases, including Housebreaking and Theft, as well as House Robbery, are being pursued.
Minutes later, Traffic Services technology was used to identify a stolen vehicle traveling on Main road, Kalkbay towards Muizenberg. Traffic officers from our West 3 Operations then spotted the vehicle on Main road, St James, where, with the assistance of Law Enforcement Auxiliary volunteers, managed to apprehend 4 suspects sitting inside the vehicle. The vehicle was found to be wanted on a case registered in Durbanville on the 16th of December 2024. Officers searched the vehicle and discovered 3 bottles of champagne worth approximately R3000 in total, as well as a brand new electronic cooler box, still with labeling attached, along with multiple chargers and a Bluetooth speaker. The suspects, all residing in Delft, were arrested for being in possession of a stolen motor vehicle as well as being in possession of stolen property.
If anyone can identify the presumed stolen items discovered - champagne, electronic devices, or the electric cooler box chiller - please contact myself or Muizenberg SAPS urgently.
In 2016, I conducted an interview, where I explained our vision (I will post the link to the interview in the comments) of the methodology- "control the roads, and you control the crime." The results of yesterday are testament to this.
While we were specifically only using roadblocks back then, we have advanced so much further, and today have embraced and invested heavily in technology to help us achieve this, enabling us to operate at maximum efficiency with our heavily boosted deployment.
There are 750 000 kilometers of road stretching across South Africa. But for the 11 000 kilometers that exist in Cape Town, criminals beware!
Here, we do things differently...