POLICE officers will not tolerate criminality. This is word from the provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, who said over 2 000 suspects were arrested last week alone.

She said even though prisons are full, they are on a mission to ensure that criminals are put behind the bars.
Mbele emphasised that the police are fulfilling their core mandate of serving and protecting the communities
without fear or favour.

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She said officers will continue to fight crime to the bitter end and this is confirmed by the positive outcome achieved in the last week during intelligence-driven operations.

“During weekly operations which were carried out from Monday, January 17, to Monday, January 24, police officers arrested 2 064 suspects for crimes ranging from murders, attempted murders, robberies, fraud, possession of suspected stolen property, theft of motor vehicle, drugs, rape, assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, possession of suspect stolen property and other crimes,” she said.

The police also recovered 107 illegal firearms and 503 various rounds of ammunition. Large quantities of liquor and non-ferrous metal was also confiscated during the operations.

The suspects appeared in the various courts within the province where some were remanded in custody whilst other were released on bail.

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