In a bid to curb criminality and ensure that members of the community are safe and feel safe, police in the province arrested 323 suspects between Friday, 24 and Monday, 27 September 2021, for different crimes through various operations.

Of the 323 arrests, 11 were for contact crimes, which included murder, rape, assaults with intent to do grievous bodily harm, common robbery, sexual assault, assault common and attempted rape.

The other suspects were nabbed for crimes highly dependent on police action such as 36 for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In addition, 122 were nabbed for liquor related offences which included drinking in public, 13 for being drunk in public and 47 for illegally dealing in liquor.

Moreover, police seized a variety of items including a pistol, a magazine, 987 litres of liquor, a knife and tools. It was during the operations that a total of 92 fines were issued, including 29 for contravening the Liquor Act and four for road traffic related offences.

The North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena welcomed the arrests and indicated that the police together with other role players will continue with the operations to discourage criminal activities as well as to ensure that perpetrators are brought to book.

Source: South African Police Service