By Khanyisa Tabata
20 January 2010
Traffic fines to the value of R37 000 were issued in Philippi-East over the weekend and the beginning of the week.
Police spokesperson Inspector Nondumiso Paul says 43 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, 11 arrested for various crimes which include possession of dagga and mandrax.
“The reason we are doing all of these operations around the area is to show people we are really we take our job very serious.
“We are trying to cut down the number of fatalities caused by drunk drivers, and also the violence that usually goes with that”, said Inspector Nondumiso Paul.
Paul also appealed to the community to work together with the police so that those who are breaking the law can be brought into book.
We will continue with this kind of operations to make Philippi-East community a more crime free area, added Paul.
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