BRITS POS – BRITS – SAPS members, units and other law enforcement agencies arrested 820 suspects for various crimes from Monday, 22 July to Sunday, 28 July.
The suspects were arrested for rape, murder, assault GBH, malicious damage to property, burglary residential and business premises, possession of drugs, theft out of/from motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
288 were wanted for contact crimes like murder, attempted murder, rape, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, assault common and other crimes such as house robbery and business robbery. 388 suspects were held during the suspect raiding operations. Additionally, 108 suspected undocumented persons were taken in for processing.
The arrests were effected through execution of several actions, which included stop and searches, road blocks, patrols, vehicle check points, visiting and inspecting of
licensed liquor premises, second-hand goods dealers and tracing of wanted suspects. The operations also culminated in the confiscation of a variety of drugs, dangerous weapons, explosives, four live rounds of ammunition, a firearm, liquor and six vehicles. During the operations, three illegal liquor outlets or shebeens were shut down.
