Metro Police officers flush out drug suspect
26 April 2021
The arrest in Ruyterwacht was one of 214 made by the City’s enforcement agencies in the last week.
Metro Police officers arrested a 47-year-old Ruyterwacht resident on a charge of drug dealing on Friday, 23 April 2021.
Officers were executing a search warrant, but the occupant refused them entry.
Officers forced their way into the house, and caught the owner flushing drugs down the toilet.
They managed to recover 73 ecstasy tablets, two packets of tik and R2 690 in cash.
The suspect was detained at Elsies River SAPS.
He was one of 67 suspects arrested by Metro Police officers – 39 of them for drug-related offences.
Officers also issued 4 205 fines for various transgressions.
CAPE TOWN TRAFFIC SERVICES
Officers arrested 64 suspects, impounded 244 vehicles, 163 cellphones and issued 61 553 fines.
Of those arrested, 28 were on charges of driving while under the influence, and 27 for reckless and negligent driving.
On Sunday, 25 April 2021, an officer arrested a suspect for armed robbery and possession of an illegal firearm. The Inspector was driving along Klipfontein Road, near Jan Smuts Drive when he spotted a minibus taking a wrong turn and two males falling out of the vehicle. The officer pursued the two men, and managed to apprehend one of them. He also recovered a 9mm firearm, with its serial number filed off.
On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, an officer stopped a Toyota Avanza at a vehicle checkpoint in Samora Machel. The driver didn’t have a licence, and the vehicle was unlicensed. On closer inspection, the officer noticed that the vin number had been covered with thick tape.
A check on the vehicle showed that the vehicle was stolen in Kuils River in February 2020.
A 34-year-old male was arrested for possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Law Enforcement made 83 arrests, including 68 by officers attached to LEAP.
Among those arrested by the LEAP officers were 44 for drug possession, 10 for possession of dangerous weapons and four for the illegal possession of ammunition.
Law Enforcement officers also issued 4 264 fines for by-law transgressions.
WEEK ON WEEK COMPARISON
‘Our staff are performing consistently, if the statistics are anything to go by. They’re averaging anywhere between 800 and 1000 arrests each month, which is nothing to sneeze at. And, while the City does not have limitless resources to attend to each and every complaint, the assertion by some that our staff do nothing is disproved by the weekly statistics. However, these successes need to be supported by the criminal justice system. Far too often, cases take an age to finalise, or suspects are out on bail within days of being arrested, actively contributing to the crime rate once more. It is imperative to look at the fight against crime holistically, and to realise that it extends far beyond efforts on the ground,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
