Gauteng: A 37-year-old woman who was arrested allegedly for breaking into the City of Johannesburg offices in the early hours on Monday morning, is due to appear in court soon.
According to Gauteng police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, the woman who was arrested by the Johannesburg Metro police faces charges of business burglary, trespassing and possession of suspected stolen property.
“She will appear in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court in the next 48 hours.”
Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse told news channel eNCA that she had received a call at 2am about a suspect in the building.
“She was caught in the act according to our security officers at the metro centre,” Phalatse said, adding that the council had had an earlier break-in on January 24, where a woman was caught on CCTV camera breaking into the legal and development planning departments.
“Fifty computers were tampered with, hardware stolen. We weren’t clear at the time what the motive was. This seems to be a person that is a repeat offender,” the mayor said.
Masondo said part of the investigation is to establish whether the woman is linked to other cases of business burglary at the City of Johannesburg recently.
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