Police in Port Elizabeth are warning residents to be wary of ‘thirsty’ people knocking on their doors for water. This warning comes in the wake after an elderly Cotswold man was robbed at his home early yesterday evening.
According to police an 86 year old motor mechanic answered a knock on his door at his home in Cleeve Road Cotswold. Two unknown men informed him that they were thirsty and followed him inside his house. One produced a firearm and the other a knife before they covered with a towel and took a small amount of cash from his safe.
Police would like to warn the community not to entertain strange and unknown persons knocking on their doors asking for water or assistance. It is advised to deal with them behind locked security gates. It is not the first time that people have been robbed in their homes by thieves asking for water.
