A 27-year-old man has been arrested for housebreaking at the Parklands Estate in Boksburg, East Rand police said on Thursday.

"The suspect was staying in the estate and would take his girlfriend to work and pretend that he would also be going to work, only to return to the estate and rob his neighbours," said Captain Mick Mngomezulu.

Mngomezulu said the man's car was seen at a neighbour's house on Wednesday, before it was broken into.

When he was confronted by the police, the man admitted to several robberies at the estate.

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