The chief of the EMPD, Isaac Jabulani Mapiyeye, spearheaded the joint operation comprising of both EMPD and SAPS members, last Saturday night between 7pm and midnight, raiding taverns and all pre-identified problematic spots in Germiston.<\/p>\n \u201cThis crime-fighting programme will be relentlessly carried out to ensure that the city is made a safer place for all its citizens and those visiting and passing through it,\u201d Mapiyeye said.<\/p> \u201cOur presence must be both seen and felt by all and we shall ensure that the criminality space is drastically contracted,\u201d the Chief added.<\/p>\n The Chief also gave a \u201cpep talk\u201d to residents of all the areas raided imploring them to report crimes in their areas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n Police struggle with several crimes in the area<\/a><\/p>\n Be on the lookout for these vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Primrose, including the Makause informal settlement, one tavern operating illegally was shut down and the 54-year-old owner arrested.<\/p>\n Seventy-one cases of liquor were seized from the tavern.<\/p>\n In the Germiston CBD, on the corner of President and Odendaal streets, outside an old theatre, more than 50 people were found drinking in public and were removed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe JJ Pub on Meyer Street was raided and over 30 patrons were frisked and the place thoroughly searched,\u201d said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, spokesperson for the EMPD.<\/p>\n \u201cThereafter, the Moon Sports Bar opposite the JJ Pub was also swooped upon and the place and the patrons searched.<\/p>\n \u201cA 43-year-old patron was found in possession of 15 ziplock bags of dagga and was arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n In Elsburg, three taverns operating without liquor licenses were shut down and their three owners aged between 44 and 61 years old were arrested.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the confiscated goods and drugs were booked in and arrestees locked up at the Elsburg, Primrose and Germiston Police Stations.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were expected to appear in court last Monday,\u201d said Kgasago.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Or add the GCN on\u00a0<\/b><\/span>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNCRIMETAVEM_60481-520x390.jpg\")
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