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Bag Thief
GETS KNOCKED OVER
IN 2017 a clumsy thief in Cape Town was hoping to make
a quick buck when he nabbed a handbag from a woman
parked at a petrol stati on. CCTV captured the moment the
bag thief on a motorbike took advantage of a distracted
woman. He att empted to make off with her belongings
but fortunately for the driver, he wasn’t a seasoned
motorbike rider. Knowing he was spott ed, the handbag
thief tried to ride away but he clipped a pole, losing
control and smashing into a wall. The victi m reversed to
try grab her bag, driving over the handbag thief. In error
perhaps, but karma ensured he won’t be stealing any
bagsagain any timesoon!
POACHERS
GETS NAILED
EARLIER this year a suspected rhino poacher was
trampled on by an elephant then eaten by a pride of
lions in Kruger Nati onal Park. A search party struggled
to fi nd the body but eventually discovered a human
skull and a pair of trousers. Last year, three lions
mauled and ate three suspected poachers at Eastern
Cape game reserve who were apparently hunti ng for
rhinos. The men entered the Sibuya Game Reserve on
the southeast coast armed with a high-powered rifl e
and an axeintheearlyhoursofMondayandwere
found dismemberedthefollowing day. Needlessto say
newsofthedeathofthepoachersdidn’tproducemany
tears from SouthAfricans whosaidthey rightf ully got
what they had coming to them!KARMA FOLLOWS
Cable Thieves
ACABLEthief learnt ahard lessonwhenhesuffered severe burnswhile
allegedly stealing copper cables inLynnville, Witbank.Community
memberswholive nearthesubstati onhadheard anexplosionandwent
to investi gate aft erapower outage. Themanwas saidto have suffered
severe burnsallover historso, armsandface. Theskinwas left hanging
offhisbody, andsomeofhishairhadalsoburnedoff.Earlier thisyear,
anothersuspectedthiefelectrocutedhimselfwhiletryingtostealcableat
CityPower substati onnearSteeledaleSouthofJohannesburg.It’s believed
themanentered thesubstati on by breaking the padlock that secures the
enclosure.He
wasfoundin
thepossession
ofworking
tools. Just
monthslater,
anothercable
thief suffered
thirddegree
burnswhile
tryingto
stealcopper
cablesfroma
transformer
inHeidelberg,
Gauteng.7
ROBBERS GET A
BIG SURPRISE
IN bbery suspectswere shotdeadby SouthAfrican Police
Se ushbuckridgeinMpumalanga.Police were responding
to st inprogress at apost officeinBushbuckridge.Asthe
gr swas busy offl oading money from the CIT van outside
th
w
se
at
m
teamintercepted
them,leadingtoa
high-speedcar chase.
Thisresultedin
a shootoutbetween
thesuspectsandthe
police.Police managed
torecovertwo
pistols,threevehicles
andsomeofthestolen
money. Anothercase
ofnotcounti ngyour
eggsbeforethey
hatch,karmaensured
therobberswould
nevergettoseea
singlecentofthe
money they stole.