PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Cooperation between various crime fighters has led to the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked to an attack in broad daylight on a delivery truck at a Plettenberg Bay shopping centre.
Plettenberg Bay police spokesperson Captain Marlene Pieterse said the incident happened at the Market Square shopping centre on Thursday 2 August at about 10:20.
“A delivery truck was parked at the shopping centre. The driver and his passenger went into a shop. Our preliminary investigation indicates that a suspicious white Ford Focus with CA 49836 registration number followed them. The driver of the vehicle accompanied the two to the shop, while the two passengers in the Ford broke open the driver’s side door and the safe that was in the truck,” Pieterse said.
The suspects then sped off towards Kranshoek off Airport Road.
Plettenberg Bay Crime Prevention Association (PBCPA) operations head Otto Olivier said the vehicle was spotted and chased by local neighbourhood watch members near the Wolf Sanctuary on the N2, then at New Horizons turn-off and the Crags before it was finally stopped by police at Storms River Bridge. All along the way various crime-fighting units kept each other informed of developments, Olivier said.
“Police gave chase through the tollgate and ended up at the Storms River Bridge, where the car was finally stopped and searched. Police confiscated burglary implements including a screwdriver, a cutter and gloves,” said Pieterse.
An undisclosed amount of cash was also found and confiscated.
Plettenberg Bay police spokesperson Captain Marlene Pieterse said the incident happened at the Market Square shopping centre on Thursday 2 August at about 10:20.
Pieterse added that there were two passengers in the vehicle and both were arrested by Kwanokuthula police. The suspects are 41 and 47 years old.
Police are investigating two cases of theft from a vehicle and possession of burglary implements.
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