Po­lice suc­cess­ful­ly ap­pre­hend­ed four men who car­ried out a home in­va­sion at Re­al Spring, Val­sayn yes­ter­day, and robbed a res­i­dent of cash and valu­ables be­fore leav­ing in a wait­ing car which they lat­er aban­doned af­ter the neigh­bour­hood watch group raised an alarm.

Po­lice said the in­ci­dent which oc­curred around noon sent shock­waves through the area as fright­ened res­i­dents rushed to mes­sage and call one an­oth­er af­ter the sus­pects en­tered the prop­er­ty as the home­own­er slept.

Af­ter en­ter­ing the house, the sus­pects forced the vic­tim to hand over a quan­ti­ty of valu­ables and cash be­fore they left in a wait­ing car.