A total of 40 drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol were netted in different parts of the townships of Katlehong, Thokoza, Vosloorus, Alberton and Dawn Park during the eight-hour blitz, which started at 2pm and ended at 10pm.
Roving roadside checks were conducted along Masakhane, Sontonga, Thutong, Kunene, Heidelburg (R103) and Barry Marais roads, targeting motorists behaving irresponsibly and driving erratically.
At stop-and-search roadblocks, EMPD officers also arrested a 32-year-old male suspect with 19 ziplocks of nyaope as well as three other males suspected of a recent robbery at the Thokoza Shoprite store.
Twenty drivers nabbed on Masakhane, Khotso, Sontonga and Thutong roads, aged between 22 and 40, appeared at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18 April. Sixteen other drivers apprehended on Barry Marais, Hassink, Pelser, R103, and MC Botha roads, aged between 16 and 29, appeared at the Vosloorus Magistrate’s Court on the same day.
Four others, aged between 29 and 35, were arrested on the Old Vereeniging and Heidelberg roads and appeared at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18 April.
EMPD has vowed to continue with its Bumper to Bumper operations to leave no room for any form of criminal activity and to ensure that no crime goes unpunished.
