Efforts to eradicate lawlessness, improve the safety of our citizens through targeted deployment of members throughout the province yielded successes with more than 1250 arrests in the past week.
Three hundred of these arrests were for contact crimes like theft from a motor vehicle, robbery, assault, and property crimes. Twenty one suspects were arrested for murder, 143 for assault GBH and 25 suspects for rape are expected to appear in various courts in the province throughout the week.
These operations will continue and police plead with the members of the public to be patient as all of these operations resulting in temporary inconvenience are done to ensure that our citizens in the province are and feel safe.
Police are full of gratitude for the overwhelming support and collaboration received from various members of the public. Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Ntshinga welcomed these successes and re-affirmed that the positive outcomes emanating from these day to day operations is a result of a healthy partnership that exist between the police and the public.
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