The Primrose police recently arrested two men, both 28 years old, for theft out of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n
The pair were handed over to police by community members.<\/p>
\u201cThe complainant told police when they arrived on scene that he had parked his vehicle in the Makause informal settlement, near Stanley Road, and gone into a nearby shack to sleep.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was awoken by a call from his vehicle\u2019s tracking service to inform him the power in his vehicle was low,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>
\u201cHe claimed he called a friend who stayed close to where his vehicle was parked to check on the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s friend reportedly told him there were three men near the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe asked the friend to keep an eye on the men while he fetched the police,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
When he arrived on the scene, with officers from the Primrose Police Station, his friend and a neighbour had apprehended two of the men, while the third managed to escape.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring an inspection of the vehicle it was discovered the battery was missing,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
The suspects were handed over to the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank the members of the community for not taking the law into their own hands and handing the suspects over without injuries,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n
The accused have since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court where their case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n
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