More than 280 nabbed in police operations
Overall, more than 1000 suspects were arrested during operations conducted by police across the province.
More than 287 suspects were arrested during multi-disciplinary operations conducted by police in Tshwane at the weekend.
Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela said they were arrested for crimes including murder, theft, robbery, rape along with other serious and violent crimes.
Overall, more than 1 043 suspects were arrested during high-density operations conducted in all five districts across the province.
“Among those arrested are 22 drunk driving suspects arrested in Daveyton,” Makhubela said, adding that 20 others were arrested for being in the country with proper documentation.
Five other suspects were arrested during the raid and closure of illegal outlets in Daveyton on Saturday.
Makhubela said the arrests were made during an O Kae Molao operations led by provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela and other law-enforcement agencies.
“In the Sedibeng and Ekurhuleni districts, over 390 suspects were arrested during weekend operations,” he said.
Among those arrested were 12 suspects for drunk driving while an undisclosed number of illegal liquor outlets were closed down.
The liquor found at these establishments was also confiscated.
In another operation in the Johannesburg CBD, counterfeit goods valued at an estimated R2.5-million were seized and suspects arrested when police pounced on shops in the area during the early hours of Saturday.
“A total number of 200 suspects were arrested in the Johannesburg district,” Makhubela said.
More than 157 suspects were arrested in the West Rand district by integrated law-enforcement agencies.
Makhubela said arrested were made for offences which included driving under the influence of alcohol.
He said seven firearms were recovered during the various operations.
These firearms were expected to be subjected to ballistic testing to establish whether or not they could be linked to other crimes.
All those arrested would appear in various courts across the province soon.
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