05h26 Mariners report a Charlie stroller, known house breaker, wearing a white cap and red t-shirt heading for Beach Estate and Northshore.
22h24 Black Nissan Navarro CA630936 suspicious behavior close to an incident at Checkers?
23h05 Group of 4 Bravo males scoping out the
0h32 Ruyteplaats detect fence activations along with increased dog activity.
04h15 Green Golf occupied by 4 maled leaving the Heights area following an alarm activation at
A resident in Longkloof reports that his and his neighbours fences have been cut creating access into Longkloof from
0h29 Suspicious vehicle White Kombi CA356310 crawling in
02h13 Strollers wandering about in the harbour and Heights area.
10h20 SAPS are on the look-out for a white GP registered Nissan 1400 bakkie and it's 2 Whiskey male occupants missing from Pretoria and last seen in Hout Bay. Contact SAPS or Watchcon.
14h29 Cnr. Albert and
18h00 2# Mount Rhodes, earlier break-in
23h45 Regular house breaker strolling between Albert and Empire in the wearing a grey top.
01h14 White Nissan Sani CA754826 Charlie occupants behaving suspiciously in Llandudno, then
15h03 10# Milner, Bravo male 17yrs old, 5'6", sky blue t-shirt, dark trousers trespassing while an accomplice keeps chips outside. Trespasser leaves when detected.
21h40 SAPS report 2# Bayview, Heights two Charlie’s seen breaking-in through the garage. SSp’s respond.
03h07 ADT report ‘well known’ operators from Hangberg running about in the Northshore area.
23h54 Various sensors on the pipetrack above Whittlers, Hughenden, triggered. Thieves probing? ADT respond.
Typical of the incidents taking place. Also read post on Tuesday 9th further down.
On Tuesday 9th June I parked my husband's car outside our garage - because it is hard to park in the garage and he was away. I was sure that I locked the car but obviously did not. At 2.30 in the morning the alarm went off - the exterior beams in front of the downstairs part of the house. When I woke up, the plugs in the house had tripped. I looked out of the window but the sensor lights weren't on, so I told ADT not to worry to come (thinking an insect had set off the beam or something).
In the morning when I opened the car door, someone had clearly been inside the car. Everything was thrown out of the cubby hole and side pockets. The windows were open (and I definitely shut them!). Strangely, there were 2 lemons on the driver's seat that had not been in the car! A lot of the rubbish from our black rubbish bin was spread over the driveway. Our garage door was not closing properly as if someone had tried to force it open. It was still dark as I leave for work quite early, so that was all I noticed. However, when I got home on Weds evening and it was light I saw that our outside sensor lights were no longer there. Probably what happened was that the intruder/so used the black rubbish bin to climb on whilst stealing the lights (hence the mess on the driveway), and the plugs tripped when they cut the lights. I am very happy that we have outside beams so that he/they ran away when the alarm went off!
I also discovered another lemon in the flower bed next to our front door, which is on a higher level than the garage, so he/they were also prowling around there. Goodness knows why he/they were going around with lemons and why they left this weird calling card in 2 different places. I'd love to know if anyone else has had lemons left on their properties!
I thought people should be aware that intruders are wandering around Northshore in the early hours of the morning. Our house is down a very long driveway and the car could not be seen at all from the road, so they were walking down looking for somewhere to break into, rather than for an open car - that was a side issue, and nothing was taken from the car.
0h58 EMS1 requests urgent assistance from SAPS due to a deteriorating situation in Molokwane St. IY, SAPS unresponsive on air despite multiple calls. 01h02 Another call for SAPS assistance unanswered.on air, nothing further.
16h26 Victoria close to Brighton, Charlie male offers a DVD player for sale, refused, lady follows, Charlie dumps DVD player and jumps into a Cockroach. SAPS unresponsive on air. 16h36 SSP and members detain the DVD salesman, no response from SAPS on air, landline report no vehicles available. 16h40 Hireman transports suspect to SAPS and hands him over. Origin of DVD player unknown.
22h22 # Fisherman’s Bend Llandudno break-in, silver Apple laptop stolen. Two Thieves wearing balaclava’s ran off into the mountain toward
Thursday 18th 12h00. Sol was captured at a residence in Euclia Rd this morning. He's in good shape and will be released in the Cape Point area.
Wednesday 17th 10h30 After touring the Heights for the long week-end Sol has moved back to Kronenzicht where the Baboon Matters team are attempting a capture
Sunday 11h45 Sol? visiting in the Brunia area, Kronenzicht.
Saturday 11h45 Sol still dropping in to his close relatives in Llandudno
Friday 09h40 Sol is now at Llandudno Primary School having arrived in Fisherman's Bend late yesterday afternoon. Bang pots and pans or a spray with a hose if you really need to move him on, otherwise allow him to move on by himself. Close windows and doors, secure bins or move them into the garage.......only looking for food and a troop of females!
A large male baboon arrived in HB on Sunday 7th and is currently touring in the Kronenzicht area. Keep windows and doors locked. If he enters your home leave him alone as he will leave after raiding the pantry and fridge where you will loose all of your eggs! Don’t spook him in the house or he will panic and cause damage along with defecating as he charges around. Take a photo for the family album if you can. He is easily moved on in cold weather with a spray of water from the garden hose but best left to wander off by himself. Baboon matters are aware of his presence here. Reports are that he has a white tag in one ear indicating he may be 'Sol' and has been through the Valley once already ending up in Greenpoint where he was last captured. If you have a photo of him please send it bonneville@absamail.co.za
02h34 HelgardaB detain a Charlie male, 5'10" Kabamba Floors hairstyle (blonde) medium build in a patchwork quilted jacket with a bag of stolen goods. 02h35 Suspect drops bag and runs off smelling of pepper toward Hangberg. Good response from SAPS and search of the bushes above the harbour. Suspect evades capture. Goodie bag containing electric drill, milk shake machine and various other goods handed to SAPS.
18h08 Minibus Taxi CA875765 metallic blue lower and cream upper driving recklessly and on the wrong side of the road. Taxi located at Checkers. SAPS asked to attend as driver speeds off. No response on air from SAPS. SAPS unable to assist as it’s shift change time. Taxi scoots about to various locations finally leaving HB via Constantia Nek. Conwatch informed
03h18 3# Whittlers Way, dogs shouting. SAPS respond. 03h29 Inspector Sebastian pings two persons on the pipetrack.
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13h08 MR reports SAPS refuse to assist a fishing vessel owner in the harbour in connection with theft of goods from a vessel despite being present at the scene. Circumstances unclear.
0h33 2 persons reported hiding? Behind Checkers.
Time unknown: Attempted break in at flats behind St Elmos and St Elmos... phone lines cut out side lights stolen. Burglar disturbed by resident... Not sure if ADT responded...ADT Badge found on the ground?
17h24 Mainstream Security chasing a thief las seen heading into the dunes along Princess. HBNW respond, nothing from SAPS or ADT. 17h33 Thief running across the gravel parking area toward 'Darios' and goes to ground on a private residence. 17h48 No SAPS or ADT. 17h57 SAPS on scene. Thief wearing a red shirt and blue shorts. 18h20 SAPS and most others stand down, nothing further.
03h49 # Bayview, Heights, intruder on premises. SSP’s and SAPS respond.
06h00 2# Marlin Cresc. Heights, break-in goods stolen.
17h54 Two Charlie males running down Darling St. Reported to have broken-in in the Darling / Union St area. One thief with a shaven head and large diamond? ear rings, White top blue stripe and a brown top with an orange stripe. Good response from HBNW and SAPS, nothing found.
19h00 Pondicherry, North Shore. Short charlie male, white pants, blue jacket carrying 6 long pieces building steel and drain cover base. Intercepted by NW patroller. Loaded thief and material on bakkie and returned to owner. Gave him R10 for food.
01h43 Possible intruder on Property close to “G-Pots” Main Rd Disa River. SSP’s and SAPS respond, nothing found.
20h00 Sensors being tripped on the pipetrack boundary of 3# Whittlers Way. Hole in fence found on one property. Residents, SSP’s and SAPS respond.
22h21 Fence alarm
During this morning and elderly resident was abducted along with a domestic from a residence in Scott Estate. A ransom was demanded from the family for the safe return of the victims. Arrangements were made and various rendezvous were called until the kidnappers finally showed and made the exchange close to the graveyard entrance to IY. Two Bravo males (One may be a Charlie) reportedly ran up
It seems strange that an incident like this should happen so soon after the abduction of a lady at a Constantia shopping centre for ransom. Copy cat or just coincidence?. Other possibilities are an inside job or are criminals in IY slowly organising themselves and planning more sophisticated crimes?.
From a reader: What amazes and angers us is what the possible outcome here could have been. Thanks to the SSP's i.e Coastal Security, ADT and HBS as well as community members for jumping in and assisting this family to the positive outcome. The big Question is...where the hell was SAPS???
From VJ: As I recall, SAPS were "standing by" on request from Watchcon. I hope this incident hits the press as I think that criminals from IY, in addition to the 17 nabbed recently, are inreasingly responsible for a lot of the serious crime in the peninsula. The authorities should recognise this and give our local SAPS the senior status that it needs to try and cope with the problem.
