The City’s enforcement agencies arrested two motorists in Mitchells Plain last week who were both on their Top 100 list of offenders, with one suspect’s outstanding warrants totalling nearly R200 000.

During an operation on 3 October, officers stopped the two offenders, who had 87 warrants between them, valued at R270 100.

Traffic officials are on a campaign to bring errant drivers to book, as the week prior, two other motorists were arrested with 43 combined warrants valued at R226 550.

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The Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith says there are still too many motorists who think they are above the law.

‘They are poster children for that section of our motoring public who still believe they can get away with their misdeeds. Hopefully, this turn of events will make them reconsider. At least one of the four is still behind bars at Pollsmoor after he couldn’t come up with the R18 000 bail amount.’

In general enforcement efforts in the past week, traffic officers recorded 46 843 offences, executed 1 366 warrants of arrest and impounded 198 public transport vehicles.

They arrested 39 people – 28 were for driving under the influence of alcohol, four for reckless driving and seven for other transgressions.

Law Enforcement officers made 157 arrests and issued 2 592 notices, while their Metro Police counterparts arrested 89 suspects, issued 2 224 fines and confiscated various contraband items.

In Hanover Park on Friday, 4 October, Metro Police officers arrested a 34-year-old suspect for possession of a 9mm firearm and 14 live rounds of ammunition.

The Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded 1 659 incidents this weekend, of which 144 were assault cases, 59 domestic violence incidents, 75 motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents and 228 noise nuisance complaints.

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