KwaZulu-Natal police arrest 20 in connection with violent truck protests
2 September 2019
KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested 20 people following violent truck protests over the weekend, spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said on Monday.
Naicker said it was a busy weekend for police who dealt with a number of trucking industry-related strikes in various parts of the province.
Provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula welcomed the arrests.
"Police operations have been intensified along major routes and known hotspots within the province and we are on high alert for those who are resorting to acts of criminality and claim to be protesting. We shall have no mercy for those that beak the laws of this country," he said.