While patrolling in Nitrogen Street, in Buhle Park, at about 12.30am, recently, the Elsburg SAPS saw a man walking next to the railway line.<\/p>\n
When he noticed the police the man dropped a bag and started running.<\/p>
The police gave chase and apprehended him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told the officers that he was returning home from work in Wadeville,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg police.<\/p>
\u201cThe officers asked him why he had dropped his bag and run away but he failed to answer them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bag was collected and searched.<\/p>\n
\u201cInside police discovered two spanners, a wire cutter and a metal pipe,\u201d said Phooko.<\/p>\n
The officers then tested the man\u2019s theory that he was returning from work and took him to the company where he said he was employed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they arrived at the company, the owner said he did not know the suspect and did not identify him as one of his employees,\u201d Phooko said.<\/p>\n
The man, aged 43, was arrested and detained at the Elsburg Police Station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n
He was charged with the possession of house break-in implements.<\/p>\n
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