Hercules police have recently arrested 23 people for various crimes in the area. Offences included drunken driving, possession of stolen motor vehicles, theft, pointing of a firearm, possession of drugs, dealing in liquor, robbery and drinking in public.
In a rundown of the arrests Captain Bonginkosi Msimango said in one case a 53-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving in Pretoria Gardens and a 65-year-old man was arrested for pointing a firearm: “The man was under the influence of alcohol when he pointed a firearm at employees of Uncle Ben’s Den old age home in Daspoort, when they were helping him to load items into his vehicle.”
In Pretoria Gardens a 20-year-old man was arrested in possession of a Ford Fiesta, which was recently reported stolen in Pretoria North.
“A 43-year-old man was arrested for theft of a bicycle. He stole the bicycle from inside the garage in Swacina Park, while residents were sleeping. And a 50-year-old man was arrested for domestic violence for striking his girlfriend’s father with a brick on the head at Gomora Squatter camp,” Msimango said.
A woman (25) from the Zama-Zama Squatter camp was also arrested for allegedly dealing liquor without a licence. A 35-year-old man was arrested for common robbery after he hit and robbed a man of R750 and a cell phone. The man was hit with a sharp object on the head.
For more news and updates, like Rekord on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
