Media Statement from Limpopo Media Centre
Corporate Communication
South African Police Service

17 November 2014

POLOKWANE - Police in Bela Bela had on Friday stretched their operations to Gauteng where they arrested nine suspects in connection with 21 cases of house robbery. The suspects were arrested in Tembisa following an intensive operation aimed at curbing the scourge of house robberies which targeted plasma TVs and other electronic appliances.

Four men, two from Vonting Village in North West province, one from Tembisa and a Zimbabwean national aged between 20 and 30 were found in possession of plasma TVs and music system. The four are believed to be the masterminds of the spate of house robberies which has hit the Bela Bela area between July and October this year.

Further police investigations led the police to five Zimbabwean nationals who were arrested for possession of suspected stolen TVs in Tembisa. The five suspects confessed to having bought the stolen goods for R500 each and have already paid the admission of guilt.

The four suspects will appear before the Bela Bela Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

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