By A Correspondent- Police in Beitbridge has arrested a 27-year old man for breaking into and stealing from 16 vehicles in the border town.

Tafadzwa Mhofu was arrested on Wednesday last week after raiding his latest victim in the Tshitaudze suburb (Ma two-rooms).

He is believed to be part of a syndicate of thieves who break windows to gain access to most vehicles and steal valuables including money, car batteries, radios, amplifiers, among others.

Matabeleland South police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Thabani Mkwananzi confirmed the arrest of Mhofu to the state media.

“Some interrogations were done resulting in the suspect leading the detectives to several houses around the high-density suburbs of Beitbridge where he had stolen car batteries, car radios, and other valuables from parked motor vehicles,” he said.

“He also revealed to our officers that he uses screwdrivers to break quarter glasses of parked motor vehicles, open the doors of the vehicles and then steal property during the night.”

Asst Insp Mkwananzi said police recovered 18 car batteries, two amplifiers, four speakers, a pressure pump and a car radio from various people who had bought them from Mhofu.

He said the suspect’s ‘tools of the trade’ that included a pair of pliers, three screwdrivers, and a pair of scissors have been confiscated by the police.

“The man’s arrest has helped us clear 16 cases of theft from motor vehicles and further investigations are underway,” said Asst Insp Mkwananzi.

-State media