Update: Sixty-six (66) suspects arrested for school burglaries in Gauteng.

Update: Sixty-six (66) suspects arrested for school burglaries in Gauteng.

GAUTENG - Gauteng police have arrested twenty-five (25) more suspects for school burglaries which brings the total number of suspects arrested to sixty-six (66). The latest two (2) suspects were apprehended with the help of the community in Orlando, Soweto, on Saturday. These suspects, aged 36 and 25, were found red-handed inside the school premises.

The other suspects were arrested by the team of detectives appointed by the Provincial Commissioner to trace all the suspects responsible for burglaries and torching of schools in Gauteng.

Ten (10) more suspects were arrested in Johannesburg (including Soweto), Nine (9) in Tshwane and the other six (6) were arrested in Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng and West Rand.

The Provincial Commissioner of the police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, thanks the community of Gauteng for responding to his call for the community to work with the police in apprehending the school burglary suspects. "The community has played an imperative role in the arrests of these suspects and that is much appreciated. I believe that working together we can protect the future of our children from the criminals" said Provincial Commissioner.
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