By KEDIBONE MOALETSI
More than 3732 people and 2207 vehicles were stopped and searched during Operation Shanela. This comes after the Northern Cape Provincial Heads, District Commissioners and Station Commanders throughout the province were out in full force during the execution of Operation Shanela.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Colonel Cherelle Ehlers said on 24 May 2024, the high density operations were executed simultaneously across all five districts in the province to address priority crimes. Ehlers said in a short period of time, the police made a significant impact on criminality by executing vehicle check points, visits to malls and shopping centres, unlicensed liquor outlets and intensified visible policing patrols.
“Compliance inspections were conducted at firearm dealers, liquor premises, second-hand goods dealers, communication equipment dealers and scrap metal dealers. The inspections led to the confiscation of a significant amount of alcohol and the closure of three unlicensed liquor premises.
“The operation that was the initiative of the Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Policing, Major General Luntu Ngubelanga, was a prelude to the National and Provincial Elections, to ensure a safe and secure environment for all inhabitants,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, addressed a multi-disciplinary parade in Kimberley. Otola encouraged all role players to be impartial, vigilant and alert whilst executing their duties and to display a zero tolerance approach towards Electoral offences in terms of the Electoral Act, Act 73 of 1998.
“The high density actions will continue unabated,” she said.
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