Operation Shanela crackdown: 16,380 arrests, 169 rape suspects held as police smash drug labs
The Citizen | 14.10.2026 11:42
Police have arrested more than 16 000 suspects in a nationwide crime blitz, seizing 164 illegal firearms, arresting 169 rape suspects and dismantling two multimillion-rand drug laboratories as law enforcement launches an intensified festive-season crackdown across the country.
