A combined Police and Army have arrested about eleven(11) people in an early morning raid in a hostel in Jeppestown, a town near Johannesburg following a renewed attacks on foreigner in the area.
Gauteng police source said that bags of dagga (marijuana) and seemingly stolen property were also seized during the raid.
Lieutenant Kay Makhubela, the Police spokesperson said, “We will continue this operation after identifying more hotspots across the province. The army was there as backup during the raid,”
Recall that the Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, accompanied by State Security Minister David Mahlobo, announced the deployment of the army during a visit to Alexandra, where Mozambican street hawker Emmanuel Sithole was stabbed to death at the weekend and a Zimbabwean couple were shot and wounded at their house on 19th Avenue on Monday night.
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