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Succotzeno Says Criminals Coming In
posted (December 11, 2019)
The media also spoke to another Succotz resident who expressed concern about the recent robberies and said that these thieves are not from the village.

Wilson Patt, Succotz Resident
"The entire village got mad about what's happening in the community, so we all decided to get together and do like a patrol for the safety of our own village. There were rumors that people are going there taking photographs of some houses where some fancy vehicles are, especially the pickups and so are planning to get ready. We don't want anyone else to get hurt, so we went and the entire village got ready. They brought out their vehicles, machetes, sticks and we were patrolling the entire village and we heard that somebody was taking pictures last night, so we rush to the area and fortunately we caught no one. In the village, they went to a house and took the pickup and went across the border. We want to stop it. That's the bottom line."

"We have evidence that it is not anyone from the community. It's someone going into the village and trying to sneak up on us and do their mischief. We will not tolerate it. We are ready and we will pull everything and like I said we are trying to work along with the police, but people are fed up, because some people are striving to get their vehicles, they use their vehicle to go to work and then somebody will come and steal my vehicle? That is not good,"

"We are trying to send a message to the people out there whosoever is doing it that please dont come again, because you will find us."

The villagers are working together to form a neighbourhood watch.

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