Primrose police were alerted to the incident by a member of the neighbourhood watch.<\/p>\n
The member allegedly saw a maroon Mercedes Benz stop outside the house, and a woman climb out of the vehicle.<\/p>
\u201cThe woman, who was wearing an orange dress, allegedly went to the house and rang the doorbell.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen no one answered she returned the vehicle, which drove off,\u201d explained communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n
The neighbourhood watch member explained that a few minutes after the woman left, the same vehicle came back and dropped off the three suspects.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe claims the three men broke the gate of the house that the woman had visited minutes before.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe called for back-up on the patrol radio and, together with another patroller, he approached the suspects inside the house,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n
The robbers, realising that someone was approaching the house, sprayed pepper spray to slow down the approaching patrollers.<\/p>\n
A fight broke-out and one patroller, who was in possession of a private firearm, fired two shots at the advancing suspects, wounding one of the men in the left leg, above the knee.<\/p>\n
The patrollers managed to subdue the suspects and the police were called to the scene.<\/p>\n
During a search of the suspects police found jewellery, believed to have been taken from the main bedroom of the house.<\/p>\n \u201cThe injured suspect was taken to the Tembisa Hospital under police guard.<\/p>\n \u201cThe remaining men were arrested and appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n \u201cThe injured suspect will be brought to court when his condition improves,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Items](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/28GCNCRIMEHOUSLH2_12178.jpg\")
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