The Oranjemund Crime Wave!!!!

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Ja Michelle,now you gotta up the price of beers again.... sigh,if you buy me a big screen i promise to watch your safe all day and night and farm....... okay rooster  

[georg ruf jr.]

Gee Mike! What's happened to OM????

[Michael Alexander]

Africa arrived! ~     rooster   

[Michael Alexander]

So it turns out, there was a chap in town for the weekend...... Who has a court case pending...... who left town early on Sunday morning....... This chap has cases against him for breaking through roofs and cutting safes open...... How times have changed!   this chap is in the North of the country and quite a few people are looking for him..... two of his mates were arrested in Bethanie on Sunday, with money on them that they could'nt explain..... they also left Omund early on SUnday morning...... A book could be written!

[SandyB]

mmm  seems the security checks  failed .. seems people with minor misdemenours not let in , but yes let the criminals in.. actually saw a good  system when we went to Distell for the customer trials ..  when one leaves  one has to press a button , there is a random program operating ,, and  if you press and no buzzer then you  walk through .. if buzzer goes off then you searched .. how democratic .. unlike the  cretin that was incharge of our security at the factory .. He got fired for  dishonesty     .. he used to victimise those that he did not like ... and always seeemd to get away with it despite complaints .. TEFLON ???

[Michael Alexander]

That same system was in operation at the Shopping Centre in the 80's , here in Omund...... 

[Michael Alexander]

Update: got a phonecall last night, The kingpin has been arrested in Windhoek, turns out the idiot went into a car dealership in Windhoek and tried to buy a car cash, the cash was a bit burnt, Police called, suspect arrested...Tom Parkhill phoned me to tell me that he saw the suspect being put into the jail in Omund.........

So that's 3 suspects arrested........ Turns out the kingpin is also wanted in South Africa for Robbery!

[Bertie Horak]

Great news!  I still say - public stoning on the circle - reunionists can join in the fun!

[Stevie]

U bringing the  stones  Bertie .

[Michael Alexander]

More info....... there are 2 more suspects , so the total is 5, so they are still looking for the other two, plus the police are working on one of the guys who was phoning a lady worker of ours during the wee hours of that specific morning.....

[georg ruf jr.]

When I saw you were writing in this topic I got worried. I know there are more people in town this week than usual. I was starting to get to a conclusion.

[Bertie Horak]

@ Stevie - Yup, I'll bring a load of river stones with my bakkie.... and then leave again with a load of "different stones"...!   

[joco Mueller]

I have beeb living in O`mund from 1957 to 65.  First in the staff single quarters and later on in a flat. For neither of the doors I had a key to lock the rooms , the door for the flat was not even locked for 4a month period during my long leave.
I pity the great change . Joco

[Michael Alexander]

@Joco...... The change is not just here, but the world over..................

[Andrew Darné]

The crooks are getting brave. Not only do they repeatedly cut open the fence of our cable yard and steel drums of copper conductor, they now break into the workshop and steel the the drums of conductor that were stored inside to prevent such reoccurances. Damn lot of good that did trying to prevent the loss. 3tons in just 1 night with a bakkie, man these bastards know their story...