GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Concerted efforts to address serious and violent crimes as well as the enforcement of level 4 lockdown regulations led to the arrest of 205 suspects on various offences in the Garden Route over the weekend.
According to Southern Cape police spokesperson, Sgt Chris Spies, operations included patrols in crime-stricken areas, blue light patrols, roadblocks, vehicle checkpoints as well as focused operations at known drug and liquor outlets.
"A total of 79 suspects were arrested for reported crimes whilst level 4 lockdown contraventions resulted in 124 arrests," he said.
On Saturday afternoon, 17 July, while patrolling the streets of Thembalethu, local police received a tip-off about the sale of liquor at a tavern in Zone 9. Further investigation led to the arrest of two suspects (32 and 38) on a charge of selling liquor without a licence.
On the same day members of the Plettenberg Bay Crime Prevention Unit busted illegal drug activities at a house in Bossiesgif where a 38-year-old suspect was arrested with nine straws of tik in his possession.
In Mossel Bay a 34-year-old suspect was arrested on a charge of murder on Saturday after the body of a man in his early fifties was found with multiple stab wounds near the R327 just outside Mossel Bay.
On Friday members of the Eden Cluster Crime Combatting Team and Tsitsikamma K9 unit took part in a roadblock at the tollgate where they arrested two suspects on charges of dealing in drugs as well as the transportation of liquor.
Dagga that was confiscated during a roadblock at the tollgate near Plettenberg Bay.
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