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Privaat sekuriteit se spanwerk help met arrestasies
Twee vas oor kabel-diefstal
MISDAADTONEEL: Plumstead, Kaapstad: Uitstekende spanwerk deur SRU, Zone en Fidelity private sekuriteitsmaatskappye het vroeg Dinsdagoggend, 28 Julie 2026, gelei tot die arrestasie van twee verdagtes.
Nadat die verdagtes aangekeer is, is wetstoepassingsbeamptes van die Stad Kaapstad na die toneel in Plumstead ontbied waar hulle die verdagtes in besit van vermoedelike gesteelde PRASA-kabels, gevind het.
Albei verdagtes is gearresteer en die bewysstukke is aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) oorhandig.
“Welgedaan aan die wakker reaksie-beamptes van SRU Security, ondersteun deur Zone en Fidelity, wie se spanwerk tot hierdie arrestasie gelei het,” het JP Smith, die Stad Kaapstad se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, gesê.
“Hierdie private sekuriteitsmaatskappye ding elke dag met mekaar mee om kliënte. Die sukses van hulle besigheid is afhanklik daarvan om kliënte se alarmstelsels te monitor en privaat eiendom te beskerm.
“Tog, wanneer dit kom by die bekamping van misdaad in ons gemeenskappe, gaan dit nie oor mededinging nie, maar slegs oor die veiligheid van gemeenskapslede. Ons weet, en erken openlik, dat die SAPD nie altyd en oral kan wees nie,” het Smith gesê.
Teamwork by security companies applauded
Plumstead cable thieves arrested
CRIME SCENE: Plumstead, Cape Town: Excellent teamwork by SRU, Zone and Fidelity private security companies led to the arrest of two suspects early on Tuesday morning, 28 July 2026.
After the suspects were apprehended City of Cape Town Law Enforcement officers were called to the scene in Plumstead where they found the suspects in possession cables, believed to have been vandalised and stolen from the PRASA rail network.
Both suspects were arrested and the evidence handed over to the South African Police Service (SAPS).
“Well done to the vigilant armed response officers from SRU Security, supported by Zone and Fidelity, whose teamwork led to these arrests,” said JP Smith, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee member for Safety and Security.
“These private security companies compete with one another every day for customers. Their business depends on attracting clients to monitor alarm systems and protect private property.
“Yet, when it comes to fighting crime in our communities, they put competition aside.
“We recognise the enormous value that private security companies, neighbourhood watches and community improvement districts bring to public safety. We know, and openly acknowledge, that SAPS cannot be everywhere, all the time,” said Smith.