The Gauteng weekly disruptive Operation O Kae Molao conducted simultaneously across the five districts – Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Sedibeng and West Rand- has resulted in the arrest of over 1 400 people for various crimes including 40 for driving under the influence of alcohol and over 80 people for contravention of the Immigration Act.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela on a weekly basis leads a multi-disciplinary team through one of the districts at a chosen police station to assist with the stabilization and reduction of crime.
This past weekend, Lt Gen Mawela took the Provincial Operation O Kae Molao to Yeoville, Hillbrow on Friday 17 December 2021 and to Ivory Park on Saturday 18 December 2021.
Activities for the operation included, roadblocks, stop and searches, saturation of the townships/suburbs, compliance inspections at liquor outlets, second hand goods dealers and compliance to Disaster Management Act Lockdown Adjusted Level 1 Regulations.
The District Commissioners at the other four districts also conducted their operations at the same time. The results of these operations are the arrests of over 1 400 suspects for crimes ranging from murder, house robbery, rape, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, possession of drugs/dagga, theft, assault GBH and assault common among others.
All the suspects will appear at the various magistrates’ courts from Monday, 20 December 2021.
