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A Brackenfell police sector manager proved himself to be an expert marksman at the South African Combat Rifle Championships held in Bloemfontein during August.

Two men appeared in Blue Downs Magistrate’s court on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping on Monday, following an armed robbery at Glengarry Shopping Centre last week.

Two remote jammers were caught unawares when an off-duty police officer visited Glengarry Shopping Centre with a friend last week Tuesday (18 May).

Two armed robbers were caught by security officers in Vredekloof on Wednesday night minutes after fleeing the scene of an armed robbery at Glengarry Shopping Centre, where four shots were fired and a store manager was taken as a hostage.

In two recent robberies in Brackenfell last week, one house robbery and one business robbery, robbers curiously got away with nothing.

Domestic violence accounted for 31% of all common assaults reported in crime sector 2 of Brackenfell between October and March.

A 35-year old vagrant was found dead underneath the R300 bridge on Monday morning (10 January). Police were called to the scene at about 06:40 and upon arrival the man was already dead.

Internet extortion is prolific with more and more people falling victim to scammers pretending to be lovers.

Deur Desirée Rorke @Dezzierorke 03 Februarie 2021 06:06 A woman has described her two hour ordeal after she was robbed at her Ashburton home Following two armed robberies at construction sites in Brackenfell last week, police are urging people in the building industry to be vigilant. On Friday 29 January two gangs of robbers hit two different sites. The first robbery occurred at 05:30 in the morning at a building site on the corner of Angelier ...