City rescues inner-city residents

27 January 2017

 

Dangerous weapons and illegal items were seized after a joint operation between the city and the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the inner-city on 26 January.

 

 The three-hour operation conducted by Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), Joburg Water, Pikitup, the Health and Social Development including the Urban Management Departments was aimed at assisting and relocating residents of an old dilapated building at the corner of Commissioner and Goud streets.

 

 

Members of JMPD and SAPS at work during the operation at the corner of Commissioner and Goud Street in the Johannesburg CBD

 

Dangerous and illegal items confiscated during the operation included five firearms, ten knives, two choppers, two baseball bats, marijuana and an undisclosed amount of foreign currency