Crime Successes and Car Accidents Round-Up
The ever hardworking Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested 14 offenders for various crimes in the City from 26 to 31 October 2020, sadly six lives were lost in the same week due to car accidents.
AREA |
Date |
Arrest |
Offense |
Katlehong |
25 October |
2 |
Possession of 12 half and full mandrax tablets, eight pieces of rock, seven Ziploc bags and one bag containing dagga with 63 knotted plastic bags of nyaope valued at R3 000 and R488 cash. |
Brakpan |
26 October |
5 |
Possession and possible dealing in illicit cigarettes (R30 790) and dagga valued at R6 500 |
Katlehong |
27 October |
2 |
Possession and possible dealing in illicit substance, 35 knotted plastic bags of nyaope, 75 mandrax tablets, and one plastic bag containing dagga valued at R4 500 and R350 cash. |
Kempton Park |
31 October |
3 |
Possession of 28kg of copper and aluminum electrical cable worth R1 000, two chisels, one hammer, one knife, shifting spanner and a bolt. |
Katlehong |
31 October |
2 |
Possession of 27 pieces of rock, a block of khat, 16 packs of nyaope, seven Ziploc bags, four paper wrapped and 43,7 grams of dagga valued at R3 700 with R460 cash seized. |
Accidents
Area |
Date |
Type of accident |
Fatalities |
Springs, corner of Alliance and Ramona roads |
26 October |
Two vehicles collided |
1 |
Tsakane, corner of Boland Road and R23 |
27 October |
Minibus crashed into a truck |
1 |
Etwatwa, corner of Madikizela and Mashona roads |
28 October |
Hit and run |
1 |
Nigel, corner of Fred Wagner and Nigel roads |
29 October |
Vehicle crashed into a truck |
1 |
Boksburg, N17 freeway at Trichardts Road off-ramp |
31 October |
Four vehicles involved in a head on collision |
2 |