Members of the Levubu SAPS House-Breaking Task Team continued with more breakthroughs when they recently confiscated valuable goods, worth thousands of rands, stolen from various farms in Levubu.

Criminal activities relating to house breaking and theft within the area of jurisdiction of the Levubu SAPS are rife, but the strategy in place by the Levubu House Breaking Task Team appears to be more powerful than those of the criminals. In an attempt to make their policing area a crime-free area, members of the Levubu SAPS House Breaking Task Team are spending sleepless nights looking for goods stolen by burglars. Some of the criminals who have been arrested by the task team include illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe.

About two weeks ago, the house breaking team confiscated an airgun, a Honda GX 160 generator, two Suzuki generators, an industrial generator, a water pump, a guitar, a drill, telephone receiver, three golf clubs, a chainsaw and a piano.

Some of the goods were confiscated at Bukuta store in Tsianda, while several others were found at the suspects’ homes in Tshakhuma. Four men, aged 25, 26, 42 and 43, were also arrested in connection with the thefts.

According to the Levubu police spokesperson, Insp NS Makondelele, the suspects were all identified as farm employees. "When their employers came to identify the confiscated goods, they could not believe it when we tell them who the suspects were," he said.

Makondelele urged members of the community within their policing area to refrain from buying stolen goods. "We are very thankful for the support that we are receiving from our people and we want them to continue to work with us," he said.

Makondelele said that one of the recovered generators worth R10 000 was sold for R450. He appealed to the farming communities to visit the station in order to identify the recovered stolen goods. "What is needed now is full co-operation from the farms and we can make sure their property will be safe," he said.

The delighted station commissioner of Levubu, Supt H Makhuvha, said that it was time for criminals to realise that the policing area within the Levubu SAPS is not their "Canaan".