Limpopo SAPS clamps down on crime
The police seized firearms and ammunition, stolen motor vehicles, drugs such as crystal meth and CAT, dagga, nyaope, illicit cigarettes and 18 dagga plants.
SEKHUKHUNE – In an effort to deal with the scourge of crime across Limpopo and to enforce immigration laws, the Limpopo SAPS has arrested 1 022 undocumented foreign nationals and a further 1 130 suspects for various other crimes.
The arrests were made during the ongoing joint operations conducted in all five districts during.
The 1 130 suspects were arrested for various crimes that included murder, attempted murder, rape and other sexual offences, armed robberies, possession of illicit cigarettes, possession of illegal firearms and ammunition, theft of motor vehicles, possession of suspected stolen properties, dealing in drugs and possession of and dealing in dagga.
The police seized firearms and ammunition, stolen motor vehicles, drugs such as crystal meth and CAT, dagga, nyaope, illicit cigarettes and 18 dagga plants.
The operational teams included the Limpopo Highway Patrol, Tactical Response Team, Crime Intelligence, Provincial Organised Crime, detectives from provincial, district and station level as well as members attached to police stations across Limpopo.
The provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has commended these teams for their relentless efforts and continuing persistence to rid this province of any form of criminality.
The suspects, aged between 19 and 61, have already started to appear in various magistrate’s courts around Limpopo.
