By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
13 July 2025- The police in Northern Cape said weekly high-impact crime prevention initiative, Operation Shanela II, continues to make strides in enhancing public safety and restoring law and order across the province. They said the latest series of operations commenced on 7 until 13 July 2025.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said these coordinated, intelligence-driven, high-density deployments involved multi-disciplinary law enforcement teams, executing a range of disruptive policing activities. Shamane said key operational activities included high-visibility blue light patrols, stop-and-search actions, roadblocks, vehicle checkpoints, and the tracing of wanted suspects by detectives.
“A total of 3 903 vehicles and 8 535 individuals were stopped and searched during the course of the week. These efforts resulted in the arrest of 301 suspects for various offences, including contact crimes, property-related crimes, drug-related offences, other serious crimes, and crimes detected through proactive policing.
“Additionally, 13 unlicensed liquor outlets were closed. The police and partner stakeholders also conducted compliance inspections at formal and informal businesses, scrapyards, liquor outlets, second-hand goods dealers, mines, and farms to enforce adherence to relevant legislation,” he said.
Shemane further said during the operations, dangerous weapons,
alcohol, drugs, cash, copper cables, uncut diamonds and precious metals were confiscated. He added that in an effort to curb trending crimes, police together with community policing structures and government departments, continue to host awareness campaigns to educate and sensitise the public regarding the implementation of precautionary measures to ensure their safety.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended the collaborative efforts of all law enforcement agencies involved and expressed gratitude to members of the community who provided valuable information that contributed to the success of the operation.
“This joint approach demonstrates our unwavering commitment to ensuring that the people of the Northern Cape feel and are safe,” said Otola.
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