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November 16, 2017
Officer secures accident scene
ON MONDAY evening, a
resident reported there
had been an accident
on the corner of Smith
and Stewart streets.
A MultiSecurity
officer attended and
reported that the driver
of a white Audi A6 lost
control of the vehicle
and rolled it. The
reaction officer
requested that someone
from Manelec also
come out as power
wires were also
damaged by the
vehicle. Control room
informed Manelec, fire
control and Kowie
Towing. Gardmed
arrived on the scene
but the driver of the
vehicle had fled the
scene.
Manelec was able to
temporarily fix the
electrical problem.
Kowie Towing took the
vehicle away. Fire
control reported that
they were busy at a
house fire in Nemato,
so were unable to
at tend.
ý A vehicle was
reported stolen from
The Lodge in Albany
Road on Saturday
morning. All reaction
officers on duty were
informed to look out for
the vehicle. Soon after,
a MultiSecurity reaction
officer reported that he
found the vehicle and
he was driving behind
the vehicle in Albany
Road. The reaction
officer reported the
vehicle owner’s
girlfriend took the
vehicle without the
owner’s permission and
bumped the car.
ý Last Friday, the
manager of Buco called
MultiSecurity Control
Room to report two
men fighting in front of
the shop. SAPS were
informed and
Multisecurity attended.
A MultiSecurity
reaction officer
apprehended one of the
men and SAPS gave
both the men a
wa r n i n g .
ý Last Wednesday,
Port Alfred High School
contacted MultiSecurity
to report that there was
a suspect on premises
in Horton Road.
The MultiSecurity
reaction officer reported
that on his arrival he
made contact with the
domestic who informed
him that she spotted
the suspect inside the
outside room and the
suspect laughed at her
and left the premises.
The domestic worker
said nothing had been
t a ke n .
ýLast Wednesday
evening, a MultiSecurity
reaction officer radioed
in that a male and a
female were fighting
outside Kemsley
Marine. He reported
that the female had a
knife. SAPS arrived and
confiscated the knife.
ýThe MultiSecurity
control room received a
call from a client in
Greenmantle Drive in
the early hours of
Sunday morning who
reported that there had
been a break in at the
premises and requested
a s s i st a n c e .
MultiSecurity reaction
officers attended the
scene who reported
that suspects gained
entry by an open
window near the sliding
door at the back of the
premises. He reported
that a Hurley backpack
containing a camera,
I-pad, Mac-Book and
wallet was taken. The
alarm was not armed so
no signals were
received
ýOn Sunday
evening, shortly before
10pm, the control room
received a panic signal
from a home in Alfred
Road. The homeowners
requested SAPS as
there had been a
break-in at the
premises. MultiSecurity
reaction officers
reported that burglars
gained entry by
squeezing through the
burglar bars by an open
bedroom window. They
stole a handbag
containing make-up, a
credit card and an
expensive ball-point
pen. The alarm was not
armed as the clients
were still awake.
ýOn Monday, a
break-in occurred in
Muirfield Avenue. The
client pressed the panic
button and
MultiSecurity reaction
officers attended to the
premises. A reaction
officer reported that the
burglars gained entry
by the open bathroom
window of the flat and
bent the burglars bars
open. They stole a
Playstation 4.
ýA business in Best
Drive, Albany Road,
phoned the
MultiSecurity control
room to report a
break-in last Saturday.
MultiSecurity reaction
officers attended and
reported that burglars
gained entry by
breaking the back
window of the tyre store
room, and pulled the
tyres through the
window. A case was
opened with the SAPS.
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Jon Houzet, houzetj@tisoblackstar.co.za
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LEFT AS IS: A huge bougainvillea on the bend from George Street to Smith Street was cut back more than a month ago,
apparently by municipal workers, but the mass of branches has been left lying on the verge ever since. A member of the
public alerted TotT about it, saying he was thankful the bush had been cut back as it was growing into the road, but that
the cuttings themselves were a nuisance now. Queries to the departments of community protection services and
infrastructural development, as to who was responsible, went unanswered
Picture: JON HOUZET