Quick reporting from a victim and speedy response from police led to the swift arrest of a cellphone robber who accosted a woman in the Durban Central Business District (CBD) with a replica firearm, yesterday (Monday).
Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele said: “On 27 September at 9am, a 26-year-old woman was walking along Margret Mncadi Avenue when an unknown man who instructed her not to create a scene by screaming, approached her. The suspect drew his firearm, robbed the victim of her cellphone and fled the scene on foot. The victim spotted the police who were conducting crime prevention duties in the CBD and informed them of the robbery. They began searching for the man from the description they were given and spotted him boarding a taxi.”
“He (the suspect) was apprehended and searched. He was found in possession of the complainant’s cellphone and a replica firearm. The 29-year-old suspect was detained at the Point police station for armed robbery,” added Col Mbele.
The suspect is appearing before the Durban Magistrate’s Court today.
