Alleged Upper Highway mugger caught with toy pistol
Durban - The Gillits Neighbourhood Watch in the Upper Highway area arrested a man that was allegedly mugging people in possession of a toy gun
The Gillitts watch claimed that they spotted a man on Old Station Road in Hillcrest allegedly brandishing the firearm at pedestrians. The neighbourhood watch said the man fled towards the railway line and then crossed over into a shopping mall parking lot. Multiple area patrollers, Blue Security and Jag security responded and cordoned off the area the man was eventually apprehended.
Colonel Thembeka Mbele, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said that on Camp Road in Gillitts, a 27-year-old suspect was arrested after the complainant alleged that a firearm was pointed at him. "A plastic toy pistol was found from the suspect’s possession. He is appearing in the Pinetown Magistrates Court. A case of pointing of a firearm is being investigated by Hillcrest SAPS. Court.
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