Swift cops arrest intruder after Limpopo woman was robbed of AK47 assault rifle and car

[schumi]

Pretoria - Police in Limpopo have arrested a 27-year-old suspect and recovered an AK47 assault rifle after “swift action and well-coordinated operation” following a home robbery.

Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, police spokesperson in Limpopo, said the incident happened at a house in Modjadjiskloof, outside Tzaneen on Monday afternoon.

“The victim was reportedly outside the house at Macnoon Estate, and she allegedly decided to go back into the house. She was surprised to find the door locked,” Mojapelo narrated.

“She then decided to use the other entrance, and that's when she was allegedly accosted by an unknown suspect who pointed her with an AK47 rifle, demanding car keys.”

The intruder then drove off in the woman’s KIA Picanto vehicle

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-af...-and-car-5bf21e95-dae1-4b43-9530-ad0ea251da31

 

[supersunbird]

The headline makes it sound like the woman had the AK47 originally... IOL incompetence strikes again?

 

[mojoman]

The headline makes it sound like the woman had the AK47 originally... IOL incompetemce strikes again?

Lol...Dont forget the robber also pointed her with an AK....

 

[TelkomUseless]

The headline makes it sound like the woman had the AK47 originally... IOL incompetemce strikes again?

I thought the same thing...

 

[TheChamp]

The headline makes it sound like the woman had the AK47 originally... IOL incompetemce strikes again?

It turns out it does belong to the woman, unless the owner of the house is somebody else, but it does take some effort to find out what is happening.

“Further investigation will be conducted to determine how the firearm, which belongs to the owner of the house, got stolen.”

 

[mojoman]

It turns out it does belong to the woman, unless the owner of the house is somebody else, but it does take some effort to find out what is happening.

Sounds like someone did not store that AK in a safe?

 

[itareanlnotani]

The headline makes it sound like the woman had the AK47 originally... IOL incompetemce strikes again?

If you read the article, says it was hers, and legally owned. Somehow...

 

[Hemi300c]

Proudly brought to you by the anc being their weapon of choice.

cele: "we must stop honest, ethical and good SA people having guns"
Runjoupusaf: "there are no illegal AK47's in SA"

Good job SAPS - life in prison for the perp seeing that he was not exterminated.

 

[chrisc]

Did the journalist do English at school?

 

[ShaunSA]

Did the journalist do English at school?

Went to the same school as Diskem CEO

 

[AntennaMan]

If you read the article, says it was hers, and legally owned. Somehow...

Well, it was probably a Chinese clone, since actual AK47's are very rare. If it was legally owned, it is also a semi-automatic, not fully automatic.

 

[Hemi300c]

I would like to know how the perp broke into the safe where the AK was or was it in a safe?

Guess we will never know...................................

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

The arrested man will appear before the Tzaneen Magistrate's Court facing charges of house robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

What about the theft of the car?

 

[TheChamp]

What about the theft of the car?

Since the ten babies story IOL's modus operandi is to write their stories to be as confusing as possible just in case they need a way out.

 

[PsyWulf]

Honestly I would have gone "Woman held up with her own AK47,robbed of vehicle and gun" but then again i'm a 3rd language speaker so

 

[ForceFate]

Sounds like someone did not store that AK in a safe?

Or left the key in the keyhole of the safe. Or has inside info.