Wednesday, April 01, 2015

76 suspects arrested for various crimes in Cape Town

Loyiso Langeni
01 April 2015

Over the past weekend the City of Cape Town’s Metro Police arrested 76 suspects on various charges including drunk driving, possession of drugs and possession of dangerous weapons.
With over 45 motorists arrested for drunk driving Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith said government needs to have a serious conversation on how to better deal with drunk driving.

Smith added that officers also arrested a 31 suspects for drugs possession assault and possession of dangerous weapons, vehicle theft and confiscated quantities of tik, dagga and mandrax worth about R1 500

"We had one incident in Kraaifontien, the officers found the suspect in possession of 100grams of uncut tik with an estimated street value of more than R140 000. They also impounded a Volkswagen golf that he was driving” Smith said.

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