Joburg cops arrest 253

Police in the Johannesburg central policing cluster arrested 253 people for various offences during weekend crime fighting operations.

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Johannesburg – Police in the Johannesburg central policing cluster arrested 253 people for various offences during crime fighting operations from Friday to Sunday morning, the SA Police Service said.

Suspects were arrested in the areas of Mondeor, Booysens, Moffatview, Langlaagte, Fairlands, Sophiatown, Brixton, and Johannesburg Central, Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele said in a statement.

The arrested suspects included five for common robbery, 14 for armed robbery, nine for possession of stolen motor vehicles, two for possession of hijacked motor vehicles, one for rape, 12 for possession of unlicensed firearms, 19 for housebreaking and theft, seven for possession of suspected stolen property, two for theft out of a motor vehicle, three for domestic violence, 59 for drunk driving, 33 for possession of drugs, and 49 for shoplifting.

The remainder of the suspects were arrested for committing other crimes ranging from common assault, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, pointing a firearm, business burglary, fraud, malicious damage to property, possession of stolen copper, intimidation, and selling liquor without a license.

Most of the suspects would appearing in various Magistrate’s Courts around the Johannesburg area on Monday, Mbele said.

African News Agency

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