By BAKANG MOKOTO
8 April 2025- The police in Northern Cape said as they are in the Easter Holiday period, they will focus on intelligence driven and high visibility during police actions throughout the province. The police said a multi-disciplinary approach will be adopted in an effort to stabilise and reduce crime in all hot spot areas.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock said Operation Shanela coupled with Operation Paseka, has tightened its grip on crime in the province by apprehending and arresting 275 persons throughout the five districts from 31 March 2025 until 6 April 2025. Kock said the multi-disciplinary teams inspected numerous unlicensed outlets for non-compliance to ensure perpetrators face the full might of the law.
“Through 13 088 high visibility actions, vehicle and foot patrols and stop and search actions, 2911 vehicles and 5755 persons were stopped and searched at vehicle check points (VCPs) and roadblocks conducted across the province.
“Suspects were arrested for illegal dealing in liquor, burglaries at residential and business premises, malicious damage to property, assaults, robberies, dealing in drugs, and possession of dangerous weapons and stock theft to mention a few,” he said.
Kock further said Detectives also conducted tracing operations in search of wanted suspects who failed to make court appearances or for whom warrants of arrests were issued. He added that, compliance inspections were conducted at numerous second-hand dealers and liquor premises as well as formal and informal businesses, farms, scrapyards.
“During the execution of the operations, police confiscated counterfeit goods, dangerous weapons, firearms and ammunition, alcoholic beverages, drugs and cash. Stolen goats were also recovered as well as a vehicle stolen in Franschoek in the Western Cape.
“Various community engagements and outreach programmes were held in conjunction with community policing structures and government departments in all 5 districts,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General, Koliswa Otola appreciated the collaboration between departments in conjunction with community structures in the execution of the operations and thanked the public for their continued efforts in the fight against crime. Otola reiterated that no one will be left behind, especially as we are in the Easter period.
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