400 arrested in Tshwane’s safer festive season operation
More than 20 liquor outlets were shut down for failure to comply with the liquor act and over 35 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Police in the Tshwane metro have detained more than 400 suspects for various offences in a number of operations between Thursday and Sunday morning.
The operations were held simultaneously across the metropolitan from Thursday evening till the early hours of Sunday, led by ating district commissioner Brigadier Samuel Thine, senior management and other law enforcement agencies.
Police spokesperson Captain Augustinah Selepe said the safer festive season operations included roadblocks, stop-and-search operations, foot patrols, tracing of wanted suspects, compliance inspections at second-hand goods dealers and raids at illegal liquor outlets.
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“Suspects were arrested for offences ranging from possession of stolen and hijacked vehicles, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, house robbery, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, selling alcohol without valid documents, contravention of Disaster Management Act regulations, common assault, malicious damage to property, violation of protection orders, possession of dagga, possession of drugs, public violence, driving while under the influence of alcohol, armed robbery and the pointing of firearms,” said Selepe.
She said more than 20 liquor outlets were shut down in Tshwane for failure to comply with the liquor act and over 35 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Selepe said as part of operations, illegal immigrants were also detained by police and taken in to be processed by the Department of Home Affairs.
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“More than 185 suspects were arrested during operations and 70 people were fined for drinking in public.”
She said some of the suspects had already started appearing in different courts across the district, while others would appear during the course of this week.
Brigadier Thine commended senior management and the heads of other law enforcement agencies for the integrated approach towards fighting crime.
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