KWAZULU-NATAL police embarked on a number of operations between 30 November to 6 December.
These operations included cordon and search, tracing of wanted suspects and high police visibility operations.
A total of 959 suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape, business robbery, house robbery, hijacking, theft of motor vehicles, assault, kidnapping, fraud, stock theft, shop lifting, possession of unlicensed firearms, possession of drugs.
During the operations a large quantity of drugs and alcohol were seized. The arrested suspects have appeared in various courts around the province.
The Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Mmamonnye Ngobeni congratulated police for the successes achieved and said that operations would continue throughout the festive season.
“The deployment of the members will be maintained in various areas throughout the festive season,” she said.
