Hawks raid the wrong house in Bryanston

[MagicDude4Eva]

Sounds like out of a movie. Having your house raided in error and then left with all the damages and to be told to claim from the would seriously piss me off - http://fourwaysreview.co.za/179897/hawks-allegedly-raid-error/

“They just came in everywhere, or tried to,” said a shell-shocked Jennifer Peers of the apparent Hawks raid that jolted her household at 5.45am.

Peers and her children were woken abruptly by the sound of a helicopter overhead and the sweep of a searchlight. Her initial thought that police must be tracking a fugitive through neighbouring gardens was shattered when a number of heavily armed men abseiled into her garden, shortly followed by a vehicle breaking down her electric gate.

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[Bryn]

I hope that family is able to take the state to the cleaners over this. Crazy story.

 

[ponder]

What would happen if you shot them thinking you were under attack?

 

[satanboy]

/Waits for some moron to say, "Only in SA"

 

[HavocXphere]

Pretty sure thats the second time they managed that.

The whole thing is a bit of a joke...as if someone watched a Hollywood movie as their plan of action. Even US SWAT teams generally try "Knock, knock, this is the police open up". But nope...Hawks decide to ram the (wrong) gate.

 

[satanboy]

What would happen if you shot them thinking you were under attack?

you'd probably die in a hail of bullets

 

[satanboy]

Pretty sure thats the second time they managed that.

The whole thing is a bit of a joke...as if someone watched a Hollywood movie as their plan of action. Even US SWAT teams generally try "Knock, knock, this is the police open up". But nope...Hawks decide to ram the (wrong) gate.

and 3 seconds later smash the door in

 

[LaraC]

Wow, it must have been an extremely traumatising event.
I would have thought the Hawks verified their facts before barging into a house.

 

[kingrob]

Eish!

 

[Arthur]

Staggering idiocy. Surely the house is watched, suspicions confirmed, suspects tracked for days or weeks before you smash down the gate??? Heads should roll for this kind of error.

 

[crackersa]

mistakes happen but you don't want the Hawks to stop, just relook at their process and fix where they went wrong.

 

[Ninja'd]

and 3 seconds later smash the door in

And then throw a flashbang grenade into a toddler's crib.

 

[Mk786]

Only in SA

 

[froot]

Only in SA

On the contrary. It's happened in other countries too, and still does.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Only on Bryanston

 

[AthenianOwl]

/Waits for some moron to say, "Only in SA"

Only in Zuma's SA.

 

[McGuywer]

Only in Zuma's SA.

I can agree with that!

 

[Electron1]

This was first reported in another thread- http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/639850-Dawn-Raid-in-Bryanston

 

[HavocXphere]

Staggering idiocy. Surely the house is watched, suspicions confirmed, suspects tracked for days or weeks before you smash down the gate??? Heads should roll for this kind of error.

lol...more like some low level guy google streetviewed it...

 

[Arthur]

lol...more like some low level guy google streetviewed it...

Not even that. Weren't all their PCs stolen?