Cops to boost Tshwane operation
POLICE in Tshwane said they intended on intensifying their crime-busting efforts in Tshwane after more than 200 people were nabbed during an operation in Olivenhoutsbcsh at the weekend.
Police took their “O kae Molao” anti-crime operation to parts of Centurion and Olievenhoutbosch and the busy R55 freeway on Saturday night, where more than 230 people were nabbed for crimes.
The operation was led by district commissioner Major-General Hilda Mohajane and she was joined by senior management. They conducted roadblocks, raids and stop-and-searches.
The raid comes days after a clip, making its rounds on social media, shows a botched robbery of a cash-intransit attempt in the city.
During the weekend raid immigration officers of the Department of Home Affairs arrested 62 illegal immigrants, who were taken in for processing and criminal record assessments. “We cannot have parallel governance with criminals, regardless of race, gender or nationality,” Mohajane said.
Police also arrested three suspects in Olievenhoutbosch after they were found with two unlicensed firearms. “In the past three days, police recovered more than 40 firearms that include automatic rifles and pistols in different parts of Gauteng. At the same time, more than 480 rounds of ammunition were also seized,” Mohajane said.
About 40 drunk drivers were arrested. Three illegal shebeens were shut.
Three security guards were arrested in Heriotdale in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, for possessing six illegal firearms. Members from Germiston police station were patrolling on Friday when they spotted a Toyota Quantum full of security guards. They stopped the vehicle and the security guards jumped out and led. Three of them were apprehended and on searching the vehicle, police found six unlicensed firearms with ammunition.
Provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela commended the law enforcement agencies who continued to rise to the occasion in response to efforts to bring down the volumes of severe and violent crimes often perpetrated at gunpoint.