By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
Thirty suspects were arrested for various crimes ranging from assault, theft out of motor vehicles, and housebreaking over the past weekend in the Northern Cape. According to the Northern Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Col Sergio Kock, the police in Kimberley and Postmasburg conducted wanted suspect raiding over the past weekend.
“The police were out in full swing fighting crime throughout the province and putting perpetrators behind bars for various crimes they allegedly committed. In Kamieskroon, Namakwa district, three males were arrested for drugs worth approximately R5000 and confiscated Tik, dagga, and mandrax.
“In a separate incident in Britstown in the Pixely Ka-Seme district, one male was arrested with dagga and mandrax worth approximately R10 000. The Postmasburg and Hopetown police held intelligence-driven operations and seized mandrax, Tik, and dagga worth R24 000 and also confiscated cash suspected to be the proceeds of the sales of drug dealing,” he said.
In other liquor-focused operations, Kock said 1310 litres of home-brewed beer were seized at four different houses in Slangpark and Hillside, Hopetown. He further said, three suspects were issued fines and one was charged with dealing in an illegal concoction.
“Roadblocks were conducted on various roads in Douglas, Campbell, and several other station precincts during which persons and vehicles were stopped, searched, and issued with fines for contravention of the Road Traffic Act.
“The police will continue unabatedly with similar disruptive operations and ensure that the inhabitants of the province feel and are safe at all times,” said Kock.
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