A senior police officer’s pistol was reportedly stolen during a smash-and-grab incident on Thursday at Jakes Gerwel Drive.
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Sub-council chairperson Angus McKenzie told Cape Argus that the window of the victim’s vehicle was smashed, and her handbag stolen. ‘It has subsequently been established that the victim was a senior SAPS officer based at the Manenberg Police Station.
‘It is believed that her service pistol was in the bag and subsequently stolen. I am appealing to Langa SAPS officials not to leave any stone unturned in retrieving the firearm, bringing the criminals to book and lastly, for the sake of all commuters making use of the road to police these intersections.’
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According to police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi, the Bishop Lavis Police Station is investigating a case of theft out of a motor vehicle. ‘Preliminary reports indicate that a woman in her 40s was driving in her motor vehicle on Jakes Gerwel Drive (on Thursday), in the direction of the N2 highway.
‘When the vehicle was static at the traffic intersection at the corners of Jakes Gerwel Drive and Jakkalsvlei Avenue in Bonteheuwel, an unidentified man smashed the window of the motor vehicle and grabbed a bag from inside the vehicle. He then fled the scene into the nearby shacks.’
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