hijacked motor vehicle, one for house robbery

Altogether 175 people were arrested by South African Police Service (SAPS) officers of the Johannesburg central policing cluster stations for various offences during crime combating operations conducted from Friday to Sunday morning, Gauteng police said.

“Suspects were arrested around Mondeor, Booysens, Moffatview, Langlaagte, Fairlands, Sophiatown, Brixton, and Johannesburg Central area,” Captain Xoli Mbele said.

Among others, seven people were arrested for armed robbery, six for possession of unlicensed firearms, two for possession of a hijacked motor vehicle, one for house robbery, four for attempted murder, one for rape, seven for possession of a stolen motor vehicle, 11 for common robbery, four for domestic violence, five for malicious damage to property, 10 for possession of suspected stolen property, eight for fraud, and 26 for possession of drugs.