It seems as if the small rural town of Qumbu in the Eastern Cape is a hive of crime due to the number of crime activities that occur in that town, week in and week out.
There is no week that passes without reported serious cases of crime which include, stock theft, car hijacking, armed robberies, murders, seized unlicensed firearms from people in that area and so forth. Even the ambulance was recently hijacked in Qumbu with a patient inside.
Meanwhile only this week there are more than three reported cases where suspects were arrested for possession of unlicensed firearms with erased serial numbers. The localities where the suspects were apprehended included KwaDebeza and Sthaleni locality Sulenkama under Qumbu. Furthermore, last Sunday, 09 March 2025, Qumbu police responded swiftly in a business burglary in a Hardware which led to the arrest of a male suspect aged 29, recovering robbed items hidden in a pit hole of an open plot.
The police report stated that five unknown balaclava-clad men forced their entry in the hardware premises and had security guard’s hands tightened with a rope and went away with fence rolls, doors, electric appliances all to an estimated value of R70 000, 00. Suspects had no means of transport during the time of robbery and police looked in the closest proximity and caught a 29-year-old suspect and on further observation, robbed items were found hidden in a pit hole.
The suspect arrested is expected to appear before Qumbu Magistrate court soon. The police spokesperson Captain Welile Matyolo said the investigation into the matter is ongoing to arrest his accomplices.
