SAPS efforts to ensure that all those who disregard the supremacy of the law are arrested and face the consequences of their actions, were rewarded when 1 359 suspects were arrested, 25 illegal firearms, 24 revolvers and one rifle, 45 ammunition and nine vehicles were recovered over the past ten days throughout the province under the guidance of Operation Command Centre in all 22 clusters.
All the suspects have appeared in the relevant Magistrates Courts throughout the Eastern Cape facing respective charges.
Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Liziwe Ntshinga expressed her gratitude and said she is impressed with the arrests and confiscations especially in fighting the trio crimes like armed robbery, vehicle hijacking and business robbery because of their violent and aggravating nature.
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