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Crime Briefs for 10 November

Crime briefs are a weekly update of crime in the Sandton area, with detailed accounts of the arrests that have been made and crimes that have been committed recently.

SANDTON POLICE STATION
(011-722-4200)

Aggravated Robbery
Edenburg: A couple parked in a parking lot when a white Audi A3 two-door with the registration number PNR174GP stopped next to them.
Three armed men got out and robbed them of a cellphone and cash bag with a large amount of foreign currency. The men also took the woman’s handbag which contained a large amount of money, before driving away in the Audi.

House Robbery
Sunninghill: A man was in the bathroom when he heard his wife screaming. On investigation he was confronted by three armed men. The men forced the couple into the bedroom and tied them up and robbed them of jewellery, cash and a camera.
On the way out of the complex, they broke into another unit and stole a laptop, plasma TV and ripped the safe out of the wall. They drove away in a dark grey Nissan bakkie.
Bryanston: A man arrived home and was followed up his driveway by two men in a white Mercedes-Benz, registration number XXZ238GP.
The men got out of the car and dragged the man out of his car and forced him into the house.
The men held up the occupants in the house at gunpoint.
They ransacked the house taking a laptop, firearm and jewellery before driving away in the Mercedes-Benz.

Arrests
Fraud 4; shoplifting 11; possession of dagga 2; common robbery 1; theft 13; common assault 4; domestic violence 1; illegal immigrants 64; house robbery 1; possession of stolen property 5; loitering for the purpose of prostitution 3; kidnapping 2; drunk driving 2; warrant of arrest 1; resisting arrest 1; attempted armed robbery 1.

PARKVIEW POLICE STATION
(011-486-5000)

Arrests
Loitering 30; drunk driving 3; house robbery 4; possession of unlicensed gun 1; theft 6; drinking in public 4; assault to do grievous bodily harm 3; malicious damage to property 2; urinating in public 1; conspiracy to commit house robbery 1; murder 1; fraud 2; obstruction of justice 2; reckless and negligent driving 3; possession of suspected stolen property 3; hijacking 1; drunkenness 1; possession of fraudulent document 1; resisting arrest 1; common assault 1.

RANDBURG POLICE STATION
(011-449-9100)

Arrests
Illegal immigrants 16; theft 1; common assault 1; reckless and negligent driving 1; drinking in public 3; loitering 2; drinking and driving 1; fraud 2; sexual harassment 1; shoplifting 1;