BRITS POS – BRITS – In seven days, police working together with other role players, apprehended 658 offenders for numerous offences such as dealing in drugs, business robbery, murder, attempted murder, rape, sexual assault, assaults, fraud, burglary business and residential.
Of these arrests, 363 were conducted by detectives during suspect raiding operations. Shocking is that another 50 suspected undocumented persons were taken in for processing by Immigration Officials.
Police crackdown on suspect
BRITS POS – MOOINOOI - In Mooinooi, southwest of Brits, a crime intelligence driven operation resulted in the arrest of a 43-year-old suspect on Friday, 12 July after the Brits Trio Task team operationalised intelligence.
According to Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, SAPS North West spokesperson, the team went to an identified address in Soshanguve section in Majakaneng village where they found the alleged suspect who informed the police that he sold a firearm. That prompted the members to proceed to a mine hostel where the suspect was arrested after retrieving a firearm and two live rounds of ammunition.
Man skiet eie neef dood
BRITS POS – DAMONSVILLE – In dramatiese gebeure Saterdagoggend omstreeks 04:30, het ‘n neef sy neef in Damonsville doodgeskiet.
“Drie jong vriende was na bewering te voet in Jasmynlaan oppad en twee ouer mans (neefs) het in die teenoorgestelde rigting gestap,” sê kolonel Adéle Myburgh, SAPD Noordwes-woordvoerder. “Daar was klaarblyklik ‘n konfrontasie en die een neef het skote afgevuur en ‘n 18-jarige man in albei sy bene getref en klaarblyklik het talle skote sy neef, Thomas Lesebe (44) getref. Lesebe het op die toneel aan sy beserings beswyk.
Here is the expected petrol price for August
BRITS POS – BRITS - Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund points to flat fuel prices in August, with a negligible cut on the cards for petrol and a small hike for diesel.
The data from the CEF shows that petrol prices are slated for a small cut of around 8 cents per litre, while diesel prices are on track for a price hike of between 1 to 15 cents per litre.
This is a reversal of the downward trend seen over the past few months, with prices appearing to stabilise based on global conditions.
Man nabbed while trying to sell firearms
BRITS POS – LETLHABILE - In Letlhabile, north of Brits, a multi-disciplinary team consisting of the Brits Crime Intelligence, Letlhabile Police as well as Hartbeespoortdam Crime Prevention and K9 Unit, arrested a 37-year-old man at a shopping complex in Zone 15, on Friday, 5 July 2024.
The arrest was effected after the team received and operationalised intelligence about a man who was trying to sell illegal firearms.