This month several Certificates of Appreciation were awarded to the crime fighting members of the Green Point CID. Two incidents in particular warrant recognition where three dangerous suspects were apprehended and arrested with the assistance of the SAPS in the early hours of Saturday 7 March 2009.
Kevin Jonathan, the driver of Mobile 5 in the Green Point area, was on standard patrol with passenger Quinton Adams, when they spotted two males standing on the corner of Prestwick and Alfred Streets who seemed to be tampering with a white Golf.
The suspicious behaviour lead the officers to take action; SAPS central operations was called and Constable Mc Gallam arrived at the scene.
On seeing the Morpho touch device (a fingerprint scanning device) carried by the police, both suspects fled. Security members from the Green Point CID, namely Officers Jonathan and Adams pursued and apprehended both men.
After testing the suspects with the Morpho touch device, they realised that these men were both wanted criminals and were taken to the Cape Town Central Police Station.
One suspect - who initially gave a false identity - had a warrant out for his arrest and is believed to have nine cases pending against him. Four of these cases are for theft, two for theft out of motor vehicles, one for theft of a motor vehicle, and two for drug possession. Ebrahim Williams (26) appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Friday, 13 March, in connection with the case; bail was denied.
A second arrest was made that same shift when a suspect was apprehended on Bennett Street and taken into custody despite some resistance. It was found that he too was wanted for armed robbery.
Says CEO for the Green Point and Oranje-Kloof CIDs, Marc Truss: "Officers Jonathan and Adams were effective in removing dangerous criminals with the assistance of the SAPS from our streets. We commend both members and the SAPS member, Constable Mc Gallum for their excellent work, and we continue to encourage visible policing in the area as it creates a proactive security program that yields results."
