Crime in brief
The suspects will be appearing in the local Magistrates courts across the province.
Possession of drugs
Members of the Benoni Flying Squad arrested a 45-year-old man, in Reading Road, Actonville, on charges of being in possession of drugs.
Mandrax was recovered.
Rapid Response Services (RRS)
SAPS units which forms part of the RRS once again cracked the whip on criminals, bringing a total of 104 suspects to book, from March 29 to April 4.
Members of the Flying Squad, K9 Units and Highway Patrol conducted routine operations throughout Gauteng.
Forty-seven arrests were made on charges of assault with the intent of causing grievous bodily harm, possession of unlicensed ammunition, murder, sexual assault, possession of housebreaking implements, possession of suspected stolen property, business robbery, tampering with essential infrastructure, rape and possession of illicit cigarettes.
Officers further recovered 46 stolen and hijacked vehicles and effected 15 accompanying arrests.
Nine unlicensed firearms were also recovered and five suspects were arrested.
Thirty-seven suspects face prosecution on charges of possession of drugs and the intent to sell.
Heroin, dagga, cocaine, Mandrax and meth were confiscated.
(Information: Warrant Officer Grant Giblin, Benoni Flying Squad spokesperson).
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