Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape

KAREEDOUW - Positive leads and thorough investigative work led to the arrest of an alleged house robbery suspect and the recovery of stolen items within hours after a 70-year-old woman was attacked at her homestead in Kareedouw on 22 September 2021.

It is alleged that at about 08:30, the complainant was busy in the garden area on her farm located approximately 20 kilometres outside Kareedouw when an unknown man accosted her.  The victim was tied up with a rope and taken into the house. A laptop, cellphone, a tablet, cash and jewellery was taken before he fled the scene.  The victim, who was alone at the time of the incident, managed to free herself and sought help from a neighbouring farm.

The 72-hour activation plan was immediately implemented and in less than two hours, the suspect was behind bars. Many of the stolen items were recovered. A 48-year-old man is due to appear in the Kareedouw Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 27 September 2021 on charges of house robbery.

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