POLICE pounced on criminals in the city of PMB this week,
arresting 24 suspects in 24 hours.
The men were linked to serious crimes including rape, armed robbery, possession of drugs and business robbery.
Working
together, the Pietermaritzburg K9 unit together with the Combined Action Team patrolled the city’s streets on the 24hour intelligence driven operation.
On
Wednesday at around 9 pm, six suspects in a red Mazda were arrested after
their vehicle was stopped and searched by the police units along Longmarket
Street.
The
police found one unlicensed firearm and three large knives in the vehicle and
then seized the weapons and the car.
Between
10 pm and midnight, the K9 and CAT members were patrolling in the Boston area and conducted a stop and search on vehicles.
The
officers stopped a Ford Ranger with six people inside as the occupants were
behaving suspiciously.
The
car was searched and the police recovered six bags of compressed dagga weighing 90 kg, and another bag containing dagga weighing 10 kg.
The
six suspects were arrested, the vehicle together with the drugs was also seized,
pending the police investigation.
Pietermaritzburg
South cluster police spokesperson Sergeant Mthokozisi Ngobese confirmed that
the K9 and CAT members embarked on the 24hour intelligence driven operation in
both clusters and made 24 arrests, recovering drugs, motor vehicles and stolen
property.
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