{"id":90616,"date":"2025-09-29T16:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:13:26","slug":"gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng Police Arrest Over 1500 in Weekend Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Gauteng police arrested 1,567 suspects for crimes including dealing in drugs, possession of stolen property, contravening the Immigration Act and driving under the influence of alcohol at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the arrests were made between September 26 and 28 by the multidisciplinary integrated team of law enforcement agencies during Operation Shanela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe operation was conducted simultaneously throughout the five districts in the province. Several crime prevention actions were implemented, including strategically mounting roadblocks at problematic roads, conducting stop-and-search operations, conducting liquor compliance inspections, conducting patrols and setting up vehicle checkpoints,\u201d Nevhuhulwi said.<\/p>\n<p>She said among the total arrests, 1,378 were wanted suspects linked to serious and violent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, assault with intent to cause bodily harm, rape, robbery and hijacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addressing crimes committed against women and children, the team also arrested 180 suspects for gender-based violence crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arrested suspects are expected to appear at magistrates\u2019 courts from Monday. According to Nevhuhulwi, some arrested suspects were released after paying fines.<\/p>\n<p>She said Gauteng police remain resolute to deal with criminal activities while upholding the authority of the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Gauteng police arrested 1,567 suspects for crimes including dealing in drugs, possession of stolen property, contravening the Immigration Act and driving under the influence of alcohol at the weekend. Police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the arrests were made between September 26 and 28 by the multidisciplinary integrated team of law enforcement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-90616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gauteng Police Arrest Over 1500 in Weekend Operation - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gauteng police arrested 1,567 suspects for crimes including dealing in drugs, possession of stolen property, contravenin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gauteng Police Arrest Over 1500 in Weekend Operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gauteng police arrested 1,567 suspects for crimes including dealing in drugs, possession of stolen property, contravenin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T16:49:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T17:13:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759153364.302248.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gauteng Police Arrest Over 1500 in Weekend Operation\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T16:49:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-29T17:13:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759153364.302248.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-police-arrest-over-1500-in-weekend-operation\",\"name\":\"Gauteng Police Arrest Over 1500 in Weekend Operation - 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