GAUTENG provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela was joined by the senior management of the SAPS and other law enforcement agencies during Operation Shanela.
The operation invaded Orlando West and Diepkloof on Thursday, 2 November.
The operation aims to stamp out the authority of the state and assist the local police stations with the reduction of crime.
Cops were also looking for stolen vehicles and unlicensed firearms, checking if foreign nationals had their documents in order, and they also did compliance inspections.
Mawela told Daily Sun that 31 undocumented persons have been arrested.
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“We are here in Soweto and focusing on the two stations, Diepkloof and Orlando. We appreciate that these police stations have done better. They have reduced their crime in the last quarter,” he said.
According to Mawela, contact crimes have gone down in this area.
“On this operation, one owner of a tuck shop has been arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm, a revolver with 15 rounds, which happens to have been stolen in Thabong, Free State,” he said.
Meanwhile, another shop owner was arrested for possession of 13 live ammunition of 9mm while he didn’t have a licence to possess those ammunition.
Four people have been arrested for dealing with drugs so far.
