The South African Police Service in Limpopo joined forces with other law enforcement agencies and stakeholders during integrated operation KUKULA conducted across the Province starting from Monday 5 June until Sunday 11 June 2023.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe once again led Operation KUKULA at Thohoyandou in Vhembe District on Saturday 10 June 2023.
The Provincial Commissioner said that “if the Vhembe District can reduce the case load the crime stats of the Province can be low. She further mentioned that everyone is worried about the crimes happening in Thohoyadou.”
These operations were supported by role players including the several Sector Departments Community Policing Forum, Private Security and Business Forums and were executed through intensified roadblocks including stop and searches as well as high visibility and patrols at hotspots areas.
This included raiding of liquor outlets, shebeens second-hand goods and tracing of wanted suspects.
The operations in all the five Districts resulted in the following successes:
Total arrests-1686
Contact Crime (rape, assaults) 309
Property related (burglary, theft) 31
Contact Related (murder, assault GBH) 52
Other serious Crimes (CTI, Carjacking) 90
Crime detected as result Police Action (public drinking to driving under the influence of liquor) 163
Other Arrests (possession of dagga and possession of counterfeit goods) 574
Other Crimes-20
Liquor Related-441
Second-hand Goods-6
Undocumented Foreigners-195
More than 28 191 people and 10 757 vehicles were stopped and searched.
The confiscated items during the operations include; liquor, counterfeit goods and dagga.
Operation KUKULA is showing tremendous results and is proving to be effective in sweeping the streets in the Province of any form of criminality.
The suspects arrested have started appearing before various Magistrate’s Courts facing various charges.
