Weekend arrests in District total 152: Plenty for assault-related
Intelligence and integrated driven operations by police in the West Rand yielded 152-weekend arrests including the assault of a police officer, drunken driving (16), and assault (27).
Operations held across the West Rand District this past weekend yielded great success with 152 people being arrested.
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This included 27 for being undocumented foreign nationals; 17 drug-related arrests while 16 people were arrested for drunken driving and another 27 for assault-related crimes of which seven involved domestic violence. There was also a case of assaulting a police officer.
West Rand District Police spokesperson Sergeant Gloria Maswanganye explained the arrests emanated from intelligence and integrated driven operations and also included tracing of wanted suspects and day-to-day crime prevention duties.
Those arrested committed offenses such as the following:
• One for murder
• One for house robbery, kidnapping, and theft of a motor vehicle
• One for house robbery
• Three for robbery
• 14 for assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm
• One for assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm and malicious damage to property
• Three for common assault
• Two for common assault, malicious damage to property, and domestic violence
• Six for common assault and domestic violence
• Five for malicious damage to property
• One for interfering with police duties and assaulting a police officer
• Two for fraud
• One for theft out of a motor vehicle
• Eight for theft
• Three for theft and trespassing
• One for theft and intimidation
• One for housebreaking and theft
• One for housebreaking, theft, and possession of drugs
• 16 for drunken driving
• Three for possession of dagga
• One for possession of an unlicensed firearm
• One for possession of live ammunition
• Five for possession of suspected stolen property
• Eight for possession of drugs
• One for possession of a dangerous weapon
• Six for dealing drugs
• Four for selling liquor without a license
• One for perjury
• 27 for being undocumented foreign nationals
Other arrests included crimes such as shoplifting, intimidation, loitering, and contravention of protection orders.
• Also read: Total of 151 arrests made during weekend operations: Most for assault and drugs
