Police arrest nearly 25 000 suspects in two weeks of festive season operations [SOUND]

# The police arrested nearly 25-thousand suspects during nationwide operations over the past two weeks as part of their nationwide safer festive season operations. The arrests include two-thousand-680 wanted suspects linked to serious and violent crimes. Police also seized 224 unlicensed firearms, more than two-thousand-600 rounds of ammunition and one-thousand-310 dangerous weapons. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the operations will continue as part of efforts to disrupt criminal networks and improve community safety: