NOORDWESTER – MOLOPO - In Lomanyaneng, in the early hours of 17 September, a security guard at a school was overpowered by three men, wearing balaclavas.
The men pointed at the victim with a firearm and tied him before gaining entry into the staff room where they stole tablets and laptops. The security guard was only rescued the next morning by cleaners while reporting on duty.
Acting on a tip-off, police proceeded to a house in Lomanyaneng on 18 September, and arrested Mogomotsi Bennet Sebolaneng (37) and recovered three laptops, 15 tablets and a gas pistol, believed to have been used during the commission of the crime.
Sebolaneng appeared before the Molopo Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 September on a charge of business robbery. He abandoned his bail application after it was established that he was out on bail for a similar offence. He will remain in custody until his next court appearance on Thursday, 30 October.
