Over 5 000 suspects arrested in Limpopo during July
The police in Limpopo have arrested 5 499 suspects in July for various crimes that include the contravention of the regulations under the Disaster Management Act.
The crimes include rape, sexual assaults, violation of protection order, murder, smuggling of illicit cigarettes, possession of counterfeit properties and possession of dagga.
One of the suspects is a 44-year-old man arrested in Levubu on Saturday for allegedly raping two related children aged 7 and 11 at Tsianda village.
Limpopo police spokesperson, Motlafela Mojapelo says the suspect is expected to appear in the Vuwani Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Other suspects have already started appearing in different courts across Limpopo.
“More than R14 million worth of items such as vehicles (including huge trucks), firearms and ammunition, drugs, illicit cigarettes, chrome, dagga, mining machinery and equipment, cellphones and liquor were confiscated. Live pangolins, goats and a leopard skin were also seized," says Mojapelo.