More than 1 000 people arrested since SANDF's arrival in Western Cape - Cele
12 August 2019
Police Minister Bheki Cele says work done by the South African Police Service (SAPS), together with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), in gang-ridden areas in the Western Cape has resulted in more than 1 000 arrests.
This on the same day that Western Cape forensic services recorded the deadliest weekend in the Cape Town metro, with 47 murders over the weekend, since the army's arrival in mid-July.
According to Cele, 1 004 people have been arrested over the past few weeks since the army was deployed to 10 areas identified as hotspots.
Of those, 806 were already in the system, wanted for various crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, hijacking and theft.