The City of Cape Town’s Metro Police and Traffic services made a number of arrests and confiscations this past weekend to keep the city safer.
The City’s Metro Police Officers arrested 79 suspects for various offences this weekend, including an intensified presence in Manenberg focusing on gang violence.
In one case, officers found an unlicensed firearm under a suspect’s pillow, after executing a search warrant at a renowned gang hide-out in Manenberg. Two suspects were arrested and it was later found that one of them was wanted on cases related to shootings on police officers.
On Friday, 6 September 2013, a Z88 firearm with eight 9mm rounds of ammunition and a magazine were found abandoned in Manenberg.
During general patrols, 55 drunk drivers were arrested in Grassy Park, Philippi farmlands, Langa, Camps Bay, Woodstock, Khayelitsha, Somerset West and the Cape Town CBD.
During patrols in Woodlands and Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain, on Saturday, 7 September 2013, officers arrested five suspects for the possession of illegal narcotics. They confiscated:
- 51 mandrax tablets
- 4 half-tablets of mandrax
- 37 units of heroin
- 24 packets of tik
- 3 dagga ‘stoppe’
The Camera Response Unit arrested five suspects in the Cape Town CBD for the possession of tik, dagga, and heroin; and two suspects for theft of a cellphone. In other parts of the city, patrols led to the arrest of eight suspects for possession of tik and dagga.
In the early hours of Sunday, 8 September 2013, the Metro Police K-9 Unit arrested two suspects for the possession of an unlicensed revolver and four rounds of ammunition.
The City’s Traffic Officers arrested 25 suspects and issued over 1 340 fines for various offences during the weekend.
At a roadblock in the Athlone area on Friday, 6 September 2013, officers arrested 21 drunk drivers. The highest breathalyser reading registered at 1,01mg of alcohol per 1 000ml of breath.
During patrols in Bellville on Sunday, 8 September 2013, officers arrested two suspects for driving under the influence of alcohol; one motorcyclist for possession of a stolen motorcycle; and one suspect for inciting a crowd and resisting arrest.
