Attempted Housebreaking, Rocklands Avenue, Highlands Estate @ 13:08 on the 13 January 2016. Our monitoring centre received a panic alarm activation from a premises and dispatched the Armed Response. On receiving information of a positive incident, additional reaction vehicles were also dispatched. On arrival they made contact with the SAPS and neighbourhood watch. Two males had entered the property by jumping over the front gate and broke open the lock on the side gate to gain access to the back. The domestic worker had spotted them and activated the panic button. Both suspects faces were covered with scarves and unidentifiable. Reaction in conjunction with neighbourhood watch searched the area for the suspects without success.

OB # 232

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Housebreaking and Theft, Kloofnek Road, Tamboerskloof @ 20:32 on the 14 January 2016. Our monitoring centre received a phone call reporting the premises had been broken into. No alarm signals had been received. AR was dispatched and on arrival made contact with the house sitter who informed him that she and her flatmate had left the premises for about an hour and a half and on their return they noted that the premises had been burgled. Items taken were x2 Canon cameras and an Apple Mac laptop amongst other things. Access had been gained by climbing over the roof and down the balcony. The glass door was smashed with an old car mirror. SAPS were dispatched for further investigation.

OB # 253

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Armed Robbery, Glen Crescent, Higgovale @ 22:51 on the 14 January 2016. Our monitoring centre received a call from a friend of the client stating that she had received an `SMS / Whatsapp` that there were suspects in their house. No signals were received. All vehicles were dispatched along with SAPS. On arrival AR found the family locked up in the back room. AR reported five suspects had entered the house with balaclavas. Three were armed with firearms and the other two with screwdrivers. They had robbed the client of jewellery, clothing, laptops, cellphones and a money safe with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspects had then locked the family up in the back room and fled the scene. No vehicles or suspects descriptions were identified. Private guards placed on premises.

OB # 254

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