An East London-born attorney practising in Gauteng rejoiced yesterday when police arrested two men who allegedly burgled her Quigney home last October.Household items valued to the tune of R100000 were also recovered during the bust.
Attorney Nogolide Macingwane said she flew from Pretoria yesterday to identify her property at the Fleet Street police station.
East London police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mtati Tana said the goods were recovered on Friday after a three-month long investigation.
Macingwane was at work on October 9 when she received a call from her private security company alerting her to the burglary.
She said criminals forced their way into her house, ransacked it and fled with furniture, electronics, cutlery and linen.
Tana said three detectives, Constable Mzoxolo Ntsika, Sergeant Mbulelo Njoli and Constable Vusumzi Dyasi, had worked around the clock.
“The breakthrough arrived on Friday when the members arrested a 24-year-old suspect in possession of stolen property. The detectives went on to arrest a second suspect, aged 26, who is awaiting trial in prison for a separate crime,” Tana said.
He said the two men showed police where they had sold the items.
The two men are expected to appear in the East London Magistrate Court tomorrow on charges of house-breaking and theft.
Tana said the arrests would reduce burglary incidents across the city. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
Police bust nets burglars
Household items valued to the tune of R100000 were also recovered during the bust.
Attorney Nogolide Macingwane said she flew from Pretoria yesterday to identify her property at the Fleet Street police station.
East London police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mtati Tana said the goods were recovered on Friday after a three-month long investigation.
Macingwane was at work on October 9 when she received a call from her private security company alerting her to the burglary.
She said criminals forced their way into her house, ransacked it and fled with furniture, electronics, cutlery and linen.
Tana said three detectives, Constable Mzoxolo Ntsika, Sergeant Mbulelo Njoli and Constable Vusumzi Dyasi, had worked around the clock.
“The breakthrough arrived on Friday when the members arrested a 24-year-old suspect in possession of stolen property. The detectives went on to arrest a second suspect, aged 26, who is awaiting trial in prison for a separate crime,” Tana said.
He said the two men showed police where they had sold the items.
The two men are expected to appear in the East London Magistrate Court tomorrow on charges of house-breaking and theft.
Tana said the arrests would reduce burglary incidents across the city. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
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