More than 300 arrested in Cape Town in past week for various crimes

The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Departments arrested 358 suspects and issued over 55-thousand fines during weekly enforcement operations. Officers attached to the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan accounted for nearly 200 of the arrests made.

Officers conducted more than 500 operations while Metro Police arrested 34 suspects for illegal possession of drugs.

The city’s JP Smith says the number of motor vehicle accidents recorded was 80.

“39 of those incidents involved pedestrians” said Smith.

Meanwhile, officers received a tip off about firearms being kept at a residence in Manenberg on Sunday. They recovered a Baretta short pistol and 13 9mm live rounds, after observing a suspect throwing the items into a refuse bin. A 30-year-old was arrested at the local police station.

 

                               Picture: City Of Cape Town

Done by: Alungile Njemla