A 25-year-old male suspected to be a notorious burglar behind a spate of burglaries in the East London suburbs of Amalinda and Cambridge has been arrested.
Captain Mluleki Mbi, of the SAPS, said that in May there were 12 burglaries in just the Amalinda area adding that suspect has been “linked to other cases of theft out of motor vehicles and the investigators are working hard to link him to more cases”.
Mbi said that the alleged thief has been charged with housebreaking residential and theft out of a motor vehicle.
He said the arrest came as a result of the hard work from a team of investigators who gathered info and used dockets to eventually “catch up to” the suspect.
“It is possible that he was not working alone and we might make more arrests,” said Mbi, who added that it seemed possible the suspect had already sold off the stolen items.
He will appear before the East London Magistrate's Court tomorrow..