It's a dog's world... as thieves even steal dogs

It is evident that thieves prowling the streets of Laudium are becoming more and more desperate and setting their eyes on just about anything or everything they can lay their hands on, in order to make a few Rand the easy, but illegal way.
Absolutely nothing owned by local residents is safe from thieving hands any longer and what was previously regarded as unusual to be stolen, is now fast becoming common for thieves to steal. The Laudium Sun carried various stories over recent weeks, whereby items least expected to be stolen, from plants in the garden, to even a CCTV camera, having been stolen. Now, desperate thieves are even going after the very deterrent that residents are acquiring to fight against crime; guard dogs. Locals have been stunned to discover that the very dog they had bought, in order to deter crime, has become a target of criminals. The Laudium Sun has received reports of a number of dogs that have gone missing from their owner’s homes, in Laudium and Erasmia, over the past month. A German shepherd guard dog, about three years old, went missing from the yard of Anusha Naidoo on Bengal Street, Laudium, on Monday February 15. Another guard dog, an Alsatian was stolen from the yard of Muhammed Ahmed on Ben Street, Erasmia, during Thursday night, March 4. In a recent incident, this past Monday (March 8), yet another dog, this time a young Pitbull was stolen, on Pearl Street, Laudium, at around 3pm. Resident Muhammad Usman Ansal, told the Laudium Sun, “At around 2pm on Monday afternoon, I went to my house to feed my dog as it was still young then I went back to work on 4th Ave. About an hour later, just past 3pm, I received a call from my tenant, a tailor, who operates from an outbuilding. He told me that my Pitbull was taken by two women. It seems that someone was watching me, and as soon as I left after feeding my dog, these women came into my yard. The tailor told me that the women acted as if they were interested in having some clothes sewn and whilst he was busy with another customer, they were hanging around the yard. When he finished, he went out into the yard to call them, but was shocked to see that they were gone. When the tailor went out towards the street, he managed to see the two women driving off, in some blue car, with my dog on the back seat. He told me that he found the chain that kept my dog tied to one portion of the yard, cut. The tailor described the two women as one being light in complexion, possibly a white or coloured woman and the other was an Indian woman. I had just bought the dog two months ago for R5000, as I even had all his injections done. I named him Tyzun. How can someone just come into my yard and steal my dog? These criminals have no concern for us and are going so low by even stealing dogs. I have opened a case with the police. I hope they will find the culprits soon, as I have the footage from my CCTV, showing the two female thieves. I appeal to the community to give the police or myself (through the Laudium Sun) any information you may have, that will help get my dog back.”
Sergeant Simon Chokoe, said, “A case of theft has been opened with the police and the investigation is underway. I urge anyone who might have any information, so that we can bring the dog back to its owner, to contact the police. The police will do everything in their power to find the culprits.”