Two suspects to appear in court for house robbery

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Two suspects are expected to appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court on Monday, in connection with a house robbery.

The duo aged 34 and 36, was arrests in the early hours of the morning on Thursday by visible policing members while conducting patrols in Joubert Street, Freemanville, close to the N12 road in Klerksdorp.

According to Colonel Adéle Myburgh, the police noticed two suspicious vehicles; a white Mercedes Benz and a silver Volkswagen T-Rock, parked close to each other.

“The members observed the vehicles and requested back-up. When they approached the two vehicles and one suspect ran away.

“Whilst busy questioning the male and female sitting inside the Volkswagen, a radio message was received for the police to be on the look-out for a vehicle that was stolen during an alleged house robbery.

“Upon realising that the vehicle matches the description given, our members immediately arrested the duo.

“Inside the vehicle, money and cellular phones were found believed to have been robbed during the house robbery,” she stated.

Myburgh added that initial investigation indicated that a family consisting of a 27-year-old daughter and her parents were sleeping in their house in Pekan Street in Meiringspark, Klerksdorp at about 02:00.

She continued; “The daughter was woken up by two balaclavas wearing suspects who threatened her with firearms and demanded money from her.

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“The third armed suspect joined the pair and the victim was then taken to her parent’s room where they were all tied up.

“The suspects searched through the house and robbed the victims of their cellular phones, money and a laptop. The father managed to untie himself and fled through a window. He ran to neighbours for help.

“The suspects, after realising that the father escaped, fled from the scene with the family’s white Mercedes Benz.”