As police efforts and visibility intensify over the festive season, members from various Vehicle Crime Investigating Units (VCIU) of the SAPS in Gauteng, on Saturday, 23 November 2019, embarked on intelligence-driven operations to bring down vehicle related crimes.
A total of eight suspects were arrested for different vehicle crime offences; while police impounded a total of 28 vehicles that were confirmed as either stolen or hijacked, or whose engines had been tempered with.
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, has commended the good work and encouraged the members to maintain the momentum towards eradicating the scourge of vehicle theft and hijackings, both often committed under violent circumstances during which victims are either injured or killed.
The arrested suspects will appear before various magistrate courts in the Province, in due course.