376 suspects were arrested for various offences and recovered several items including firearms and ammunition, during the joint intelligence led Joint operations.
The operations comprised of the Crime Prevention, K9 Unit, the Tactical Response Team (TRT), the Crime Intelligence Unit, the POCC and the Detectives and were conducted through the stop and searches, road blocks, tracing of wanted suspects, etc.
The suspects were arrested for different criminal activities such as burglary, theft, possession of suspected stolen properties, possession of firearms and ammunition without license, public drinking, contravention of liquor Act, contravention of immigration Act, assault, etc.
During these arrests, the Police recovered the following items:
2x firearms with 10 ammunition, 1 x rifle with 09 ammunition, 3 x motor vehicles, 3 x suspected stolen motor vehicles, 1x pellet gun, 1x duvet, 4x towels, 6x pillows, 6x Cts, 2 x plasma TV, 4x speakers, 2 x IT equipments, 2 x Sony Speakers, 1 x DVD player, Volkano bluetooth speakers, MP3 and 151,75 kg dagga and liquor.
The arrested suspects will appear before different Magistrate Courts on various offences throughout the Province.
The recovered items will still be subjected for further investigations to determine their origin. The Police investigations in all these cases are still continuing. The operations are still underway.
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