South Africa: Tom Burke Lephalale Cluster Housebreaking and Theft From the Farm

press release

The police have launched a massive manhunt for three suspects who broke into a house at Speculatie farm over the weekend and stole a number of items. This massive manhunt comprising the Lephalale Cluster Detectives Task Team, Lephalale K9 and BelaBela HPG Tracking Team led to the recovery of an Isuzu D/cab bakkie and four plasma TV's that were stolen from the farm.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects accessed the said premises between 2017-09-08 and 2017-09-09 through the window. It appears that the owner, was not home at the time. The suspects used what appeared to be a grinder to cut the safe and took undisclosed amount of US dollars, 4 plasma TVs and a number of hunting rifles. They then loaded the stolen items onto the farmer's white Isuzu bakkie and drove off.

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