Police arrest 54 in the CBD
“We want to urge members of the public to be vigilant after withdrawing money from the ATMs.”
Pretoria Central police arrested 54 people for various crimes during operation Siyabangena at the weekend.
The crime prevention campaign was a joint operation by the Tshwane metro police department, the passenger rail agency of SA and the Tshwane West police.
Central police spokesperson Captain Augustinah Selepe said on Friday, 20 people were arrested for narcotics.
“Five places where second-hand goods were being stored were visited. Two fines to the value of R2 000 were issued. A total of 104 traffic fines to the value of R56 950 were issued,” she said.
In total, 525 people and 261 vehicles were searched at various roadblocks.
Selepe said a security guard who searched customers at a store found a bank card cloning device and cloned bankcards on one of the customers.
She urged the public to remain vigilant after making cash withdrawals at ATMs following a spate of robberies in which money was snatched from unsuspecting people immediately after they made a withdrawal.
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