The Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela and provincial management led the destruction of liquor seized during integrated crime prevention operations by South African Police Service and all other Law enforcement agencies in Gauteng.
Also in attendance were the officials from Liquor Board, Gauteng Department of Community Safety, Metropolitan Police Departments and Community Police Forum.
In his address the Provincial Commissioner mentioned that “We want to send out a loud and strong message to illegal traders that we mean business. It is the lives of law-abiding citizens; the lives of innocent road users; the lives of children playing in the streets; young girls subjected to date rapes; wives who get trampled on and beaten up by drunk husbands and partners – it is these lives that we strive to protect”.