Major confiscations as Eden SAPS cracks down on weapons and drugs
Last week local Cluster Commander major general Oswald Reddy used a press conference to display major caches of drugs and weapons, mainly knives, that had been confiscated since the beginning of the five-phased year-end blitz on crime that began on October 13 and will last until end January.
“At this time of year, we normally see an increase in liquor and drug abuse, domestic violence and violent crime using knives. We have tried to pre-empt this by removing suspect items from circulation,” he said.
Reddy added: “Although the more relaxed attitude to dagga use now means individual users are no longer targeted, where it is obvious that the quantities are so great that it is for commercial use, then it is removed and destroyed.”
At this event, Eden Cluster displayed some of the 261 dangerous weapons they had confiscated -mainly knives, screwdrivers and other sharp objects used to injure or kill. These will be crushed and rendered harmless.
In addition, the cluster recovered some 1.5 tonnes of dagga along with quantities of heroin, cocaine, and Mandrax to a cumulative value of about R4-million, which were burnt under fire service supervision.
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