MBOMBELA- Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe has praised the police saying such successes are restoring back community’s faith in police and also encouraging efforts by police aimed at fighting crime.
This comes after members of the police recovered two stolen vehicles a Ford Focus ST and Audi A4 plus an R5 rifle, 9mm pistol, explosives, blue lights, balaclavas, hand gloves and registration plates during an operation at a house in Kabokweni.
“The Ford Focus was reported to have been hijacked at Temba in the Gauteng province. A 25-year-old suspect has been taken in for questioning regarding this recovery,” he said.
According to Shongwe, these successes are possible with the participation of the community. He says that perpetrators of crime are members of communities and are known.
“It is our wish to finally live in an environment where community members take a stand and say no to crime by working hand in glove with the police to expose crime.
“That is why we always encourage community members to become police informers or participate in community policing programmes because the fight against crime can only be won through the involvement of communities,” says Shongwe.
He adds that the confiscated firearms may have been used to commit serious crimes and could have continued to be used to commit more crimes.
