Durban police target hotspots in CBD anti-crime drive

Durban police target hotspots in CBD anti-crime drive

Law enforcement authorities say they are clamping down on a host of criminal activities in the Durban CBD. 

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Steve Bhengu

eThekwini metro police and the SAPS have teamed up for an anti-crime drive that took off on Wednesday. 


Boysie Zungu, who's with metro police, says they are boosting patrols in crime hotspots and ridding the streets of drugs. 


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Illegal immigrants are also being moved under the clean-op operation. 


Zungu says these efforts form part of a plan to make central Durban safe again. 


"The aim of this police operation is to continue decreasing contact crime cases like robberies, theft of motor-vehicles and also to increase police visibility in the Durban CBD."

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