OVER 6HR SEARCH FOR THUG IN OK FURNITURE CEILING

MBABNE - Drama unfolded at the Swazi Plaza yesterday morning when armed police searched for a suspect who was said to have made a break-in at the OK Furniture store in the still of the night and hid in the ceiling.

It is said when one of the OK Furniture employees opened the store in the morning for the day’s business, he heard some footsteps from the ceiling.
When a call was put through around 3pm, police were said to be still standing guard outside the shop.  

Sensing that there could be someone, he looked around and that is when he noted shoeprints, suggesting that someone had been searching around.
It is alleged that the staff then noted that some laptops on display were missing, together with some petty cash that had been left in the safebox.
The safebox itself was said to have been tampered with but the suspect failed to break it open and that was when an alarm was raised as footsteps continued to be heard from the rooftop.

According to the employees, speaking on condition of anonymity, the criminal(s) could have outsmarted them and hid inside the store when they knocked off the previous day as there were no signs of forced entry into the building.

What boggled the minds of the employees was that the store had security alarms, which were allegedly also found to have been tampered with.
“The alarm could have gone off when the suspect or suspects made movements inside the  store but as to how no one could have heard it sound remains a mystery since we noted that it was also tampered with,” said another employee.

Standstill

Operations came to a standstill in many stores, some of which were yet to open along the building line.
Police and security guards were then called and the search for the suspect ensued in the ceiling.

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