NEWSLETTER -FEBRUARY 2018

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This is a brief summary of just some of the things that have happened in your neighbourhood (and ours) over the last month. Remember, you can call us In Case Of Anything. Here’s the proof.

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INCIDENT: HOUSE ROBBERY DATE: 01 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: PARK HILL

At approximately 12.15 on Thursday, Marshall Security were alerted to a house robbery that had occurred in Edgley Road, in the suburb of Park Hill, north of Durban. Reports from the scene suggested that three suspects forced the driveway gates open to the premises, before storming the home.

The homeowner who was present at the time, an elderly gentle-man, was assaulted by an armed suspect, before being held at gunpoint whilst the men ransacked his home making off with a flat-screen television and other undisclosed items.

The men fled the scene in an awaiting getaway vehicle.

Crisis Medical Paramedics assessed the victim on site, however he declined further hospital treatment. The scene was secured and handed over to the South African Police Services for further investigation and processing.

INCIDENT: HIJACKINGDATE: 07 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: UMHLANGA ROCKS

Shortly after 11.00 on Wednesday, Marshall Security Umhlanga UIP Guarding were informed of a hijacking which had just oc-curred in Lighthouse Road in Umhlanga Rocks.

Reports from the scene alleged that whilst a female driver was stationary on the popular road, she was approached by two male

suspects armed with hand guns. The men ordered her into the back seat of her vehicle before assaulting her with the butt of a firearm and making off with the vehicle at high speed towards Durban.

Armed Reaction officers were immediately dispatched to the M4 Ruth First Highway, where the vehicle was found abandoned, having suffered a blowout and come to a stop on the embank-ment adjacent to the roadway. The victim was found on scene severely traumatized. Information received was that the suspects alighted from the vehicle following the crash, fleeing on foot into nearby bushes, taking with them a bag containing a large amount of money.

With the assistance of the South African Police Services and Metro Police K9 units, an extensive search of the area was con-ducted however the suspects managed to evade arrest.

The victim was assessed on scene by Crisis Medical Emergency Medical Services, however she refused further hospital treat-ment.

The scene was secured and handed over to the SAPS for further investigation and processing.

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ARRESTS & RECOVERIESINCIDENT: AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION (ANPR) SYSTEM AIDS IN ARREST OF WANTED SUSPECT.DATE: 02 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: BALLITO

Late Friday afternoon Marshall Security North Coast received an alert from one of our Automatic Number Plate Recognition Cameras in the area, that a vehicle hotlisted by the South African Police Services as wanted for use in the commission of a crime in October 2017, was spotted travelling in the Ballito area.

Armed Reaction officers were informed to be on the lookout, and the vehicle was spotted travelling on a residential road, where it was brought to a stop and handed over to the SAPS.

Further information received revealed that the vehicle and driver were allegedly sought in connection with a remote jamming and theft out of motor vehicle case in the Salt Rock area late last year.

The scene was secured and handed over to the SAPS for further investigation and processing.

INCIDENT: HOUSE BREAKING AND THEFT / SUSPECT ARRESTED DATE: 02 FEBRUARYSUBURB: BALLITO

Marshall Security North Coast arrested a male suspect in Hillary Drive, Ballito on Friday afternoon.

Armed Reaction officers were alerted to a man who had been seen scaling a wall to a home in the area. Further investigation found the suspect on-site in the act of removing copper piping

and other plumbing fixtures.

The suspect was arrested and handed over to the South Afican Police Services for further investigation and processing.

Further information revealed the man who was out on bail for a similar offense, forced entry into the home through a front door, before going to work on the fittings.

The scene was secured and handed over to the SAPS.

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ARRESTS & RECOVERIESINCIDENT: MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTEDDATE: 08 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: BALLITO

A joint operation between the South African Police Services, Marshall Security North Coast and other security companies led to the arrest of a suspect wanted for murder and two additional counts of attempted murder.

The suspect is alleged to have committed murder in the Shaka’s Kraal area in 2016. A warrant for his arrest had been issued, however the suspect had managed to evade arrest for nearly two years. Acting on information received, the SAPS and local security companies swooped on the suspect on Thursday in the Ballito area.

The man was arrested and remanded into the custody of the South African Police Services for further investigation and pro-cessing.

INCIDENT: ATM THEFT / SUSPECTS ARRESTEDDATE: 09 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: UMHLANGA RIDGE

Two men were arrested by Marshall Security after allegedly robbing a victim of their bank card at an ATM in Chris Hani Road, Avoca early in the morning of 9 February.

Marshall Security’s Emergency Contact Centre were alerted to the incident just before 11.00. Reports from the scene alleged that whilst the victim was attempting to use the ATM, two men approached. The men insisted on assisting the victim to use the ATM and started pushing buttons erratically before ejecting the victim’s bank card and fleeing to an awaiting getaway vehicle.

A description of the vehicle and its registration was circulated to all Marshall Security vehicles in the area and the suspects were spotted traveling north on Umhlanga Rocks Drive, where they were brought to a stop just before the M41 on ramp.

The men were arrested and handed over to the South African Police Services for further investigation and processing.

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ARRESTS & RECOVERIESINCIDENT: SHOOTING / SUSPECTS ARRESTED DATE: 14 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: DURBAN SOUTH

Two men were arrested following a high-speed chase and shootout in Durban’s southern suburbs.

At approximately 15.00 on Wednesday, members of the South African Police Services, on patrol in the Chatsworth area, noted a white Mercedes-Benz, with four male occupants, matching the description and registration of a vehicle used in a house robbery in the Reservoir Hills area earlier in the day.

In an attempt to evade arrest, the suspect vehicle took off at high speed and a chase ensued, with the armed suspects opening fire on the police. The SAPS returned fire, striking one of the suspects in the upper body, before the vehicle was abandoned off a main road in Lamontville, with the armed suspects alighting from the vehicle and fleeing on foot into nearby dense bushes. Marshall Security’s Special Operations Team along with the SAPS K9 unit, descended on the area and an extensive search was conducted, resulting in the arrest of two suspects, their two ac-complices remain at large.

A number of firearms, live ammunition, house breaking imple-ments as well as property believed to have been taken from the home in Reservoir Hills, were all recovered in the abanonded vehicle.

It is believed that the suspects are linked to several crimes in the greater Durban and surrounding areas of late.

INCIDENT: HOUSE BREAKING / SUSPECT ARRESTEDDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: DURBAN NORTH

A male suspect has been arrested by Marshall Security, following a house breaking in Lynford Avenue, Durban North the morning of 21 February.

Marshall Security responded to the scene shortly after 10.30 and further investigation revealed that a male suspect forced entry through a glass sliding door, stealing a laptop computer, before making off on foot. Information received as to the identity of the suspect was circulated to all vehicles in the area and the suspect was spotted on Kennith Kaunda Drive near to the intersection of Humber Crescent. He was found in posession of the stolen laptop and house breaking implements.

The suspect was arrested on-site and handed over to the South African Police Services for further investigation and processing.

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ARRESTS & RECOVERIESINCIDENT: HOUSE BREAKING / SUSPECT ARRESTEDDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: DURBAN NORTH(continued)

INCIDENT: THEFT / SUSPECTS ARRESTED DATE: 23 FEBRUARY 2018SUBURB: EFFINGHAM

Two men were arrested after a Marshall Security armed reac-tion officer noticed them fleeing from a home in Paruks Drive, Effingham earlier.

The men were seen running from the home carrying a roller door. Both susepcts were arrested at the scene and handed over to the South African Police Services for further investigation and processing.

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Genevieve Marshall I would just like to thank you guys! My Staffie went missing after running out of our garage as I was pulling into the house, I phone

Marshall Security and asked if they could send someone out to help me look for my dog! They got to my house within 5 minutes and

drove around the Durban North area, after about 10 minutes of driving around the officer had told me that people saw a brown dog

running around Crusaders! If it wasn’t for him telling me this I would have never found Zeus. You guys are there for everything and

anything. Thank you so much.

Mariette de Bruyn Just a massive Thank You for sending assistance so quickly even though we aren’t members. Thank You.

Michelle Poisson10/10 everytime!!!!

LETTERS & COMMENTS

THE FOLLOWING PATROL AREAS REPORTED NO INCIDENTS AND ARE FUNCTIONING WELL:

AMBLESIDE/ELLINGHAM PATROLSBLUE RIDGE PATROLBURLEIGH PATROLBURNDALE PATROLBLUE RIDGE GLEN ASHLEY PATROLCARNARVON PLACE STREET PATROLCHELSEA DRIVE PATROLCLARENDON DRIVE PATROLCAMBRIDGE PATROLCARNARVON PATROLDAVALLEN & WILDEN PATROL

FAIRHOLM/EARLSWOOD PATROLSGAINSFORD/DUNFORD PATROLSGELDERLAND & OOSTERLAND PATROLHIGHGATE PATROLKERHODE PATROLKINLOCH PATROLLADY ELLEN PATROLLANSDOWNE PATROLLONSDALE PATROLMARLBOROUGH PATROLNORTHUMBERLAND PATROL

REGENT PATROLSHERWOOD PATROLST ANDREWS PATROLSTIRLING CRESCENT PATROLWESTBURY PATROLVIRGINIA PATROLWEDGEWOOD PATROLWINDSOR PATROL

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AREA PATROL REPORTSNo incidents reported.

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