PORT ALFRED - POLICE DOGS HEROICALLY ASSIST IN CAPTURE OF HOUSEBREAKING CRIMINALS

 Photo (from left to right): Constable Fernando Trollip with Dax and Warrant officer Tertius Neethling with Bonzo and the recovered property.

Port Alfred K9 handlers, Warrant Officer Tertius Neethling and Warrant Officer Fernando Trollip, responded to a housebreaking in West Beach Drive with their K9 patrol partners, Bonzo and Dax.

They picked up tracks leading from the house and Warrant Officer Neethling found two persons carrying boxes and warned them to stop. The suspects dropped the boxes and ran into the bush. The member managed to apprehend one suspect with his patrol dog Bonzo.

All the stolen property was recovered. During his arrest, the suspect fought with W/O Neethling and ripped his uniform and scratched him on his upper arm. The suspect faces a charge of housebreaking and theft as well as additional charges of assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.

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