A solider and two teenagers were among a group of five suspects arrested following home invasions in Siparia.

It was around 3.45 a.m. on Saturday that the first victim was in the porch of his Siparia home when he was approached by four masked men. One of them appeared to have gun.

The men forced the victim into his home, restrained him with a charging cable and shirt and made him lie on the floor. They ransacked a bedroom and took jewellery and a cellular phone before escaping in a white Toyota Aqua.