Operation Shanela disruptive actions were executed from 17 June 2024 until 23 June 2024 throughout the Northern Cape to address priority crimes, including illegal firearms, contact crimes, trio crimes and aggravating robbery.
Multi-disciplinary teams in all five districts arrested 258 suspects for crimes such as illegal possession of firearms, dealing in drugs, illegal dealing in liquor, robbery, murder, attempted murder, rape, assault and burglary.
Detectives traced and arrested 103 wanted suspects for serious crimes, including business robbery, murder, rape and assault GBH.
Multi-disciplinary teams conducted the searching of premises, stop and search actions, high visibility patrols, compliance inspections, roadblocks, and vehicle check points.
A total of 21 863 persons and 11 436 vehicles were stopped and searched.
Twelve (12) unlicensed liquor outlets were closed, and over 2 000 litres of alcohol was confiscated.
A considerable amount of drugs, counterfeit goods, and dangerous weapons were seized during the actions.
Operation Shanela will not relax efforts to combat priority crimes in hotspot areas in order to secure the safety of all inhabitants and essential infrastructures in the Northern Cape.
Operation Shanela nets 361 perpetrators during week long operations https://t.co/P9RMefLUS7#ArriveAlive #TrioCrimes #Operations @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/OM9sb7smyN
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 23, 2024
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