Limpopo SAPS arrest more than 800 suspects

SEKHUKHUNE – The continuous weekly police operations that are being conducted across Limpopo have once again yielded positive results.

As of Monday, 878 suspects aged between 21 and 58 were arrested for various crimes including murder, attempted murder, sexual assault, assault, drug-related crimes and other serious crimes.
The latest operations were conducted from May 22 until May 31.

In Roossenekal, members of the Limpopo Highway Patrol, Roossenekal detectives and crime prevention units assisted by crime intelligence, arrested four suspects soon after they allegedly committed a business robbery at a liquor outlet on May 28. Four firearms, including two homemade guns and 26 rounds ammunition were recovered during the arrests.

Two suspects, aged 29 and 30, were arrested, one in Gauteng and the other in gaMasha, for brutally killing a man with bricks at Mphanama Cross following alleged gambling activity in the area under Masemola policing precinct.
In Motetema a 35-year-old woman was arrested at Leeuwfontein after she was found in possession of 159 sachets of nyaope, 25 sachets of crystal meth and 0,5 grams of dagga.

According to the Limpopo SAPS spokesperson, Brig Motlafelo Mojapelo, the following confiscations were made: 617 064 sticks of illicit cigarettes, five dangerous weapons, 36 249 grams of dagga, 14 grams of nyaope, 11 unlicensed firearms and five stolen vehicles.

“During the course of the operations, the police also attended to 253 incidents of domestic violence and served a total of 223 protection orders,” revealed Mojapelo.

The Limpopo provincial commissioner, Lt Gen Thembi Hadebe, has commended the members for swiftly responding to the information provided and arresting the suspects.

Hadebe also thanked community members for continuously assisting the police in the fight against crime.
The arrested suspects will appear in various Magistrate’s Courts in Limpopo.