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Swartland, Overstrand and Mossel Bay K-9 and Rural Safety Units getting their claws into criminals
The Overstrand and Swartland Rural Safety Units (RSUs), along with their and the Mossel Bay K-9 units are actively interrupting criminal activities in their respective municipal areas. Between 14 to 16 July 2023, these units with the assistance of various other municipal law enforcement agencies and the South African Police Service (SAPS), arrested thirteen individuals for an array of crimes. Of these, two were apprehended in Mossel Bay, eight in the Swartland municipal area and three in the Overstrand.
In Mossel Bay, where the K-9 unit which has not officially been launched yet, but is gearing up, with the assistance of the farm watch made the following arrest:
The unit also confiscated:
The Swartland arrests, where the neighbourhood watch (NHW’s) assisted, included:
The units also confiscated:
The Overstand arrests included:
Minister Reagen Allen said: “I’m pleased to note the continued successes that all our safety units in the rural parts of our province are achieving. Mossel Bay, is clearly sharpening their teeth for deeper bites into criminals in the not-so-distant future when their K-9 unit is officially launched. As the Western Cape Government (WCG), we want to ensure that greater safety is created throughout the province and having our partners at a local level supporting our endeavours will go a long way in achieving this.”
“These successes are only possible, as the law enforcement agencies, SAPS, our NHW’s and community policing forums (CPF’s) are working together, which is clearly evident here. I urge our communities to strengthen this collaboration and cooperation, so that we are ultimately able to reduce the murder rate by 50% across the province by 2029,” concluded provincial Minister Reagen Allen.
Marcellino Martin
Spokesperson for Minister Reagen Allen
Marcellino.martin@westerncape.gov.za
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