A dom delivery man, who tried to steal R7000 from his boss, is behind bars after he was busted by determined detectives from Manenberg Police Station on Wednesday.
According to Daily Voice sources, the 37-year-old man came to the station on Monday and told cops liegstories about a robbery, claiming he had been attacked while delivering cigarettes in Surrey Estate.
“This guy is from Delft and delivers entjies to the huiswinkels and then picks up the cash.
“According to what he told the cops on Monday, he was robbed by three black men in Comet Road, Surrey Estate, and they took R10 000.
“The detectives investigated the case and established that he was telling liegstories and, in fact, stole R7000 of his boss' money and made the whole thing up.”
Police spokesperson Colonel Andre Traut says the detectives were far too clever for the dom dief.
“The 37-year-old man approached Manenberg police on Monday claiming that he was robbed of R10 000 by three armed suspects in a VW Polo while he was riding his motorcycle in Comet Road in Surrey Estate,” he says.
“Eager to solve the case, the detectives followed up on all leads, which ultimately fingered the complainant as the offender. Confronted with the evidence, the suspect admitted that he was never robbed and that he fabricated the case.”
Traut says the delivery man will appear in the Athlone Magistrates’ Court today on a charge of perjury.