The police spokesperson in the province, Adele Myburgh, said these raids took place on Tuesday and Wednesday earlier this week and the crimes involved, range from common assault, robbery, theft, contravention of public orders and rape, among others. She also said that most of these suspects appeared at various courts within the province yesterday.

“The suspects included 108 held for Assault with intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) and assault common. The other arrests included 16 for common robbery, seven for rape, 20 for malicious damage to property, 9 for contravention of protection order, 52 for burglary and 16 for theft. Out of the 283 arrests, 26 were for crimes against women and children.  The suspects were arrested at all seven poling clusters in the province of which 80 arrests were from the Klerksdorp Cluster and 78 in the Rustenburg Cluster,” Myburgh told OFM News.

Meanwhile, the North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, commended detectives for the arrests. “She said that they will definitely send a clear message to perpetrators, that they have no place to hide and that the long arm of the law will ensure that they are brought to book,” Myburgh concluded.

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