The office of the Virginia SA Police Service detective unit was burgled and two computers with case information stolen on Wednesday.
"The branch commander of the unit, Lieutenant Colonel Dingindawo Motaung, was surprised to find the Civil Avenue building burgled at 6.45am on Wednesday as he was reporting for duty," Free State police said in a statement.
An office window had been broken and two flat screen Proline computers stolen.
"This is the most important office where official administration of cases is done with the two stolen computers. It seems that the burglar was only in that office because nothing was stolen in the other offices."
