Lenasia Watch

A violent robbery took place about an hour ago on Mandrill street in Lenasia,the occupants were assaulted during the robbery who are still at large. Cops are still at the scene while a police helicopter is in search of the suspects

Patrons of the Lenasia Milky Lane at the Signet Terrace Shopping center were attacked and robbed by three armed robbers yesterday who assaulted the customers and fled with their wallets and other valuables. One patron, Rashaad, says that as he was walking outside Milky Lane someone hit him on his head from behind with a gun [...]

More details have emerged about the incident at 23 Okapi Street, Lenasia. Apparently as is the common modus operandi, thieves posed as customers who were there to pick up goods that they had previously ordered. The lady at the house opened the garage door for the three men not suspecting that they had an ulterior motive, [...]

Criminals struck at two homes in Lenasia this morning. The first incident occurred at number 2 Shrike Street Extension 1 at 10:20am. 3 men in blue overalls entered the house pretending to be from the electricity department. They insisted that they wanted to see the electrical box inside the house. Once they had gained entry [...]

Robbers have once again struck in Lenasia – this time in Ostrich street extension 1. The criminals got into the house of Shahid Darsot by jumping a back wall. The home in the back street is apparently empty. Nobody was at home when the robbers got in.However a female tutor, Shanaaz Mohammed, walked [...]

One person was arrested and one escaped after a robbery in the Lenasia CBD on Friday last week. The incident started when an employee of Sanurama was robbed on her way to bank the pharmacy’s money. Police say R1000 was taken. The two alleged robbers were then chased by angry shoppers into the residential area opposite [...]

25 August 2008 Katlego Moeng The victim of two suspected robbers, who had reportedly been terrorising the community, feels the culprits deserved to die. She said this after the two robbers got a fatal dose of mob justice in Lenasia South at the weekend when residents accosted them. “The men have been stealing from the community for a long [...]

23 August 2008, 14:15 Two men caught robbing a Lenasia South woman in her home were beaten so severely by neighbours that came to her rescue that one died and the other is in a serious condition in hospital, police said on Saturday. Inspector Mpho Kgasoane said two men in their early 20s broke into the 56-year-old [...]