Chatting to someone on the Main Road corner of Scott Road yesterday at approx 2 am, a coloured male came rushing up Scott Road with about two/three sections of garden hosepipe coiled over the arm fitted with orange Gardena fittings, a pretty neat looking black garden spade in the other hand, and a smallish bundled black bag with something inside it under the one arm. With anxious sweat running off the side of his lean face and running into his neck, he called for a passing Taxi which first stormed past him but then stopped a short distance past him. The suspected thief, clearly relieved in that the Taxi had stopped for him, jumped into the Taxi and was ferried off towards Mowbray direction, relieved in a pilfer job that paid off well for him.
The perp coloured male was tall & slender, wearing a faded dark blue T shirt, greyish jeans and black shoes. If an OPS foot patroler or SAPS member was there on the spot where I was, and did not hesitate in making a simple deduction, could have intercepted him to enquire the rightful ownership of the items, and could have been instrumental in either apprehending him or at least give the guy a good scare for his risk of pilfering theft of small items off unsuspecting property owners in Observatory. Clearly the Main Road, with its constant load of Taxis passing through Observatory and other suburbs, is a highway for a lot of petty crime happening by day in Observatory, or in other suburbs. James -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en
