# The City of Cape Town Metro Police officers arrested four-thousand-549 suspects for various offences in the past 12 months. Over 22-thousand units of drugs and 71 firearms were confiscated, while 166-thousand-908 fines were issued for various traffic and bylaw transgressions. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says there were also 85 attacks on staff members, up from 73 in the previous year, and 64 the year before:
Cape Town Metro Police put over 4,000 suspects behind bars in the past 12-months [SOUND]
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