Four arrested in possession of stolen meat

every day.

“And as you rightly note in your memorandum, if you can’t do your job, millions of people can’t get their social grants, for example. So the knock-on effect of the risk you face affects the most vulnerable people in our society.”

She said the South African Police Service (SAPS) should do everything possible to protect the people: “Now I do understand that the SAPS is overextended, but very often these cash-in-transit heists are inside jobs. And that’s why crime intelligence needs to be increased … and that is the point I’m agreeing with.”

She told the union members she had full sympathy with their demands, but said that the provincial government had limited powers over the police.

“But what I certainly will do, is take your demands to where the operational control is, and we will start an oversight program to look at what is happening in response to your demands,” she said. – African News Agency (ANA) FOUR suspects were arrested for the possession of suspected stolen meat valued at about R20 000, Eastern Cape police said.

Police spokesperson, Captain Andre Beetge, said during the early hours of yesterday Kinkelbos police arrested the suspects for the possession of suspected stolen stock.

Beetge said the police pulled over a blue Isuzu bakkie carrying carcasses of two cows. The suspects are expected to appear in the Alexandria Magistrate’s Court today. – African News Agency (ANA)