More than 2 000 fines were issued and 141 people arrested at the weekend by the city’s safety and security directorate.
Metro Police officers, Traffic Services, the vice-squad and liquor enforcement unit and a joint multi-agency operation, including the South African Police Services (SAPS) were involved in a number of operations across the city.
Metro Police officers arrested 62 suspects and Traffic Services arrested a further 79.
The vice-squad and liquor enforcement unit fined prostitutes, arrested two people on suspicion of operating a brothel and closed down eight illegal shebeens.
And, in the joint operation the multi-agency operation targeted dumping, impounded stray animals and recovered stolen wheelie-bins.
In a city-wide crack-down Metro Police and the SAPS arrested 62 suspects and recovered a stolen vehicle. Most of the arrests, 16, were for the possession of narcotics, including dagga, tik and mandrax.
The arrests were made in Grassy Park, Steenberg, Nyanga, Macassar and in the Cape Town CBD.
At roadblocks held in Lwandle and Gordon’s Bay, and during routine operations in Somerset West and in the CBD, officers arrested 44 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol. One of the arrested were also charged with assaulting a police officer.
Two suspects were arrested for possession of stolen property.
Officers issued 10 written warnings for non-compliance, closed down eight shebeens, and issued fines to the value of R21 800,00 to liquor establishments contravening the City’s By-laws.
“Both Units will continue to address the concerns of the various communities with regard to the sex industry as well as the liquor trade, especially those contraventions that occur in the residential areas,” said Assistant Chief for Specialised Services, Nathan Ladegourdie.
On Friday during the multi-agency operation two people were arrests; fines to the value of R71 600 was issued and 19 stolen wheelie bins were recovered.
Officials rounded up 33 stray/unwanted dogs, three cats and one maltreated and neglected horse.
The agencies who participated in this integrated operation were Law Enforcement South, Metro Police, Environmental Resource Management, Traffic Services, Solid Waste Management – Enforcement and Collections, the South African Police Services (Philippi, Nyanga, Delft), Law Enforcement East, Marine and Environmental Enforcement Unit and the Animal Control Unit of Law Enforcement.
The agencies focused on Athlone, the Philippi Horticultural Area, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Strandfontein, Hanover Park, Macassar, Delft, Khayelitsha and Lansdowne. “The value and impact of an integrated approach to environmentally-related offences such as illegal dumping and other illegal activities is evident in the results of this joint operation and reflects the commitment of all the participating agencies to counter unlawfulness in an effective and collaborative manner,” said Assistant Chief for Law Enforcement Services, Leon Wentzel.
