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Law enforcement officers patrolling Galeshewe in NC─── LUCKY NKUYANE 09:15 Wed, 14 Jul 2021
The national police say the law enforcement officers are patrolling identified areas under threat in the Northern Cape following the looting incident in other parts of the country.
Police spokesperson, Mathapelo Peters, says this is to deter possible opportunistic criminality. She says there has been a report of two incidents in the Northern Cape, in Galeshewe in Kimberley, where one person has been arrested. Peters says the total number of people arrested over the looting and destruction of property in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has now risen to 1 234 while fatalities are now at 72.
"With the recent deployment of the Defence Force members and the augmentation of law enforcement officers by the recalling of SAPS members from leave and rest days, more boots have been on the ground to police the rampant elements of criminality perpetrated by the looting of businesses and destruction of property. The number of arrests has risen to 1 234 (KZN 549 and GP 683)," Peters adds.
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