ABERDEEN NEWS - It was a busy week for Aberdeen police, with several minor cases as well as six more serious being reported.
There were three cases of residential burglary, two in town and one in Thembalesizwe.
The first case to be reported was in Stockenstroom Street. He owner went away, leaving early on the morning of 28 January. His neighbour contacted him on 30 January to inform him that his house had been broken into, and several items including a DVD player, deep freeze and metal trunk had been taken. The total value of the missing items was given as R2 500.
The second case in town occurred on 3 February. The complainant went out at 18:15, and returned to her house in Voortrekker Street two hours later. She found that someone had forced open a sliding door to get into the house, and various items of value, totalling R13 000, had been taken.
In the Thembalesizwe case, which happened on 24 January, a man was woken from sleep at 04:00 by the sound of men talking. From the bedroom of his home in Kenneth Maneli Street, he noticed a person reaching his hand through the window to grab a jacket which was hanging in the room. The suspect managed to grab the jacket and run away with it. The jacket contained a bank card, two cellphones , and other documents, valued at R1 000.
There was also a case of theft in town. The complainant reported that at 23.00 on 2 February she went to the front door of her house in Porter Street and noticed that the copper door bell (worth R500) at the front door had been stolen.
When an employee arrived at Standard Bank in Porter Street on 2 February to unlock the building, his attention was drawn to the ATM on the Voortrekker Street side of the building. The glass top near the card slot had been damaged. The case is under investigation.
The final Aberdeen case is one of possession of suspected stolen property. At 12:45 on 30 January, a police official was performing his duties in the community service centre (CSC) when he became suspicious of a man in the CSC who was carrying a bag. On further inspection, the police official found that the 49 year old man had the meat of a slaughtered goat (worth R1 000) in the bag. The man was arrested.
This was one of five arrests in Aberdeen during the week.
Three were for possession of stolen property, one for stock theft, and one for shoplifting. Two suspects were also arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
Three bags were confiscated by the police, two black bags containing goat or sheep meat, and a blue rucksack containing a sheep shoulder.
