PORT Elizabeth police nabbed three suspects
while they were still enjoying stolen booze.
The men, aged between 20 and 37, were found drinking cold ones in a house in Rowallan Park after they had stolen a car, electronics and booze in Summerstrand.
Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu told Daily Sun that on Saturday police arrested 3 suspects for house robbery after robbing a Summerstrand home.
"It is alleged that the robbery happened at 6:50pm on Saturday when the men entered the house through an unlocked kitchen door and threatened an 18-year-old woman who was watching TV," she said.
"She was accosted by an unknown male to a room where she was tied up. Another person in the house was asleep throughout the incident."
Naidu said "The suspects ransacked the house and stole several TV sets, an iPad, a cellphone, alcohol.
“They also stole her Hyundai vehicle."
Cops said that with the assistance of the tracking device, the car was found abandoned in Kabega Park. However, the movement of the vehicle was backtracked which led police to a house Rowallen Park where it had stopped for about 10 minutes.
"Police found three suspects in a backyard room partying and all the stolen property was found hidden in the room. All three males were arrested and detained on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property," said Colonel Naidu.