Firefighters held for stealing perfume

[DreamKing]

Firefighters held for stealing perfume
2012-05-31 15:59

Johannesburg - Five firefighters have been arrested after they allegedly stole R10 000 worth of perfume and other goods from a Dis-Chem store destroyed by fire, Johannesburg police said on Thursday.

They were arrested on Tuesday when they returned around 05:00 to the scene, at the Princess Crossing shopping centre in Roodepoort, Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou said.

Stock worth about R30m was destroyed in the blaze.

"On Monday a fire broke out at the shopping centre in Roodepoort. The five firefighters returned on Tuesday. When the security guard denied them access they told him they were going to look for their friend."

When the men left the building they refused to let the security guard search them. He called the police.

"The men jumped into their public service vehicle and tried to flee the scene, but police managed to stop them and they were arrested on the scene."

They were charged with theft and possession of stolen goods.

Johannesburg emergency management services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said the matter would be dealt with internally once the police had completed their investigations.

Dis-Chem regional manager Jan de Jager on Thursday said such behaviour was unacceptable.

"We have consulted with the police as well as the emergency services before deciding to handle this case as a normal theft case. We are very happy and thankful for the way they responded to the fire on Monday. We are happy to let justice take its course."

De Jager said the theft took place at a vulnerable time as the shop could not be locked due to fire damage.

The five were expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court soon.

- SAPA

criminals state

 

[ponder]

Only doing what the leaders are doing...

 

[Bullvein]

Free willy does it we can too, whee, no pun intended.

So they want us to pay extra above the taxes we already pay to get robbed now too, nice.

 

[Sonic2k]

so they are just as.bad as.the METRO POLICE now... sheesh the rot has spread through the entire corpse

 

[FrankCastle]

This stinks.
Shame on them.

 

[koeksGHT]

Lol so invoicing is not enough now haha

 

[zululami]

I wonder if "You're the fire" was also in the loot...

 

[gregmcc]

They've learnt well from the gov't.

 

[Fudzy]

I wonder if Dis Chem was charged for the callout?

 

[Azbubu]

If perfume is flammable...