GREAT BRAK RIVER NEWS - Sea Border Police members deployed in the Garden Route District ensured that a suspect is behind bars after being found in possession of stolen property valued at R29 300, recovered in Great Brak River.

According to a statement by police, on Thursday, 19 December, at about 00:45, Great Brak Police members responded to a burglary where a cell phone and cash were stolen.

Information gathered on scene was shared with the Sea Border Police and on neighbourhood watch groups. Their swift response and the deployment of drone technology took the team to where the suspect was hiding. 

A search of the man resulted in the recovery of the cell phone and an undisclosed amount of cash which were stolen during the burglary. 

The police confiscated the items and arrested the suspect, believed to be a Mozambican national, on a charge of house breaking and theft.

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