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More than 768 suspects nabbed for various crimes during Operation Shanela 

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By REGINALD KANYANE 

More than 768 suspects were arrested for various crimes during Operation Shanela. The suspects were arrested for crimes such as for rape, murder, assault GBH, malicious damage to property, burglary residential and business premises, possession of drugs, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, theft out of / from motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 

North West police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said out of 768 suspects, 314 were wanted and arrested during detective suspect raiding operations. Mokgwabone said in addition, 44 suspected undocumented persons were taken in for processing.

“The arrests were effected during execution of various actions that included stop and searches, road blocks, patrols, vehicle check points, visiting and inspecting of licensed liquor premises, to mention a few. During the operations, goods such as drugs, 40 ammunition, three firearms, liquor and seven cell phones.

“As part of the operations, two suspects were arrested in Delareyville and Lichtenburg for dealing in drugs on 21 June 2024. The pair was found in possession of mandrax and crystal meth separately. The estimated street value of drugs is R7000. The police in the province working together with other role players continued with high density operations between 19 and 24 June 2024, to prevent and combat crime,” he said. 

Meanwhile, the North West Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, commended all role players for their continued efforts in the fight against crime to ensure safer communities.

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A man sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for murder, malicious damage to property

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By OBAKENG MAJE

A man (21) has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by the Northern Cape High Court sitting in Kimberley for murder, assault GBH, malicious damage to property, attempted arson and malicious damage to property. Wendell Swartz crime spree started on 23 September 2022, where he assaulted a man (29) with a panga in Koopmansfontein when attending a braai at a friend’s house.

Swartz then proceeded to smash all the windows of the vehicle belonging to his friend before fleeing the scene. On 22 March 2023, he set his parent’s house alight in Delportshoop.

The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Colonel Cherelle Ehlers said, Swartz then threw his sister and niece out the window, unfortunately he fled the scene while the police were assisting the two young girls.

Ehlers further said on 1 April 2023, Swartz slit the throat of a traditional healer (59), when she went to pray in the veld. She added that, the lifeless body of a traditional healer was discovered wrapped in a duvet the following day.

“The accused was arrested on 3 April 2023 at his parents’ home in Deportshoop. The community is encouraged to use the Rate-My-Service online survey to comment on the sterling work by the Delportshoop Detectives.

“The sentences will run concurrently. Swartz will serve 16 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to all charges,” said Ehlers.

Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended Detective Warrant Officer Jim Williams of the Deportshoop Detective Unit for securing the conviction against Swartz, who committed a spree of crimes between September 2022 and April 2023.

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