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Female officers applauded for their hard work
MMC praise female officers for their contribution in making Ekurhuleni a safe place
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As part of the launch of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s Women’s Month celebrations, a team of 100 female law enforcement officers from the EMPD, SAPS and Gauteng Traffic Police conducted a roadblock on the N17 highway on August 4.
A total of 1 159 vehicles were stopped and 900 persons were searched.
A further R40 000 was recovered in unpaid fines that had been escalated to warrants of arrests.
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