Police praised for swift arrest of suspect in Vrygrond
Cape Town - Police have traced a suspect who broke into a 60-year-old woman's home in Lakeside, tied her up and attacked her before ransacking her home, via his fingerprints to Vrygrond.
Muizenberg Police Station spokesperson, Captain Stephen Knapp said the Station Commander, Colonel Vassie Naidoo, requested the analysis of the fingerprints obtained at the scene, to be sped up.“On Wednesday, September 13, Colonel Naidoo received feedback identifying the suspect as a 35-year-old resident of Vrygrond.
He was arrested and detained by the Muizenberg SAPS on charges of house robbery and possession of stolen property.
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