Tshwane accounted for almost 400 of the 15 000 Operation Shanela arrests recorded nationally by various police units
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Tshwane District Police spokesperson Captain Johan van Dyk said this week that 369 suspects were apprehended during operations in the Mabopane and Loate policing precincts.Van Dyk said the operation, led by District Commissioner of Tshwane Major-General Samuel Thine, saw detectives apprehended 298 individuals for serious offences.
Police confiscated 324 litres of liquor from sellers contravening the Liquor Act, as well as an electronic gambling machine. Mukhathi said 2 327 wanted suspects were arrested in connection to various serious and violent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, rape, business and house robberies.
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