The arrests were the result of the efforts by the Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments. Officers also issued 77 300 fines.

CAPE TOWN TRAFFIC SERVICES

Officers arrested 40 suspects, impounded 101 vehicles, 114 cell phones and issued 68 331 fines for various transgressions in terms of the National Road Traffic Act and the City’s Traffic By-Law.

In General Enforcement done throughout the metropole, officers arrested 36 suspects – 12 for driving under the influence of alcohol, 12 for reckless/negligent driving and 12 for various other offences.

Officers also impounded 56 vehicles, 114 cell phones and issued 63 601 fines.

The Transport Enforcement Unit arrested one suspect, impounded 45 vehicles and issued 3 203 fines during its operations.

Then, during operations held along the N2, officers arrested two motorists for driving under the influence and one for reckless/negligent driving and issued 1 527 fines.

LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT

Staff made 92 arrests for the week, and issued 3 669 fines.

Just under 500 of the fines (493) were for contravention of the national Disaster Management regulations – specifically related to the wearing of masks, and disregarding the midnight curfew.

Officers attached to the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) were responsible for 86 of the arrests made during the period under review.

This included:

42 arrests for the possession of drugs

12 for possession of dangerous weapons

seven for dealing in liquor

four on charges of assault and 3 for assault with intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH)

three for possession of imitation firearms

METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Officers made 94 arrests, including 16 for driving under the influence, six for reckless/negligent driving and 36 on drug-related charges.

Other arrests included eight firearm-related crimes, 18 contact crimes and three property crimes.

Officers also issued 5 300 traffic and by-law fines.

On Saturday, 30 October 2021, just before 07:30, Metro Police officers arrested a 25-year-old suspect for arson in the Khayelitsha area. Officers followed up on a complaint of a house set alight in Town 2, after the homeowner was threatened by the accused. They arrested the suspect and he was detained at Harare SAPS.

On Friday, 29 October 2021, at around 16:10, members attached to the Metro Police Tactical Response Unit spotted two suspicious males loitering on the bridge near New Woodlands while conducting crime prevention patrols along the R300.

As officers stopped to investigate, the suspects ran away. Not long after, they noticed three other suspects running in the direction of Mitchell’s Plain with SAPS in hot pursuit.

Officers joined the chase, and during the pursuit, one of the suspects fell, before continuing his getaway.

The suspects were eventually caught, and during a search, officers found one of them in possession of several rounds of 9mm ammunition, and a firearm magazine on a second suspect.

Officers retraced their steps to the area where one of the suspects fell, and recovered a tablet, cellphone and a 9mm pistol with a loaded magazine next to the New Woodlands railway line.

The trio, aged 20, 26 and 27, was arrested for the illegal possession of ammunition and prohibited firearm. They were detained at Lentegeur SAPS.

Source: City Of Cape Town