SAPS Easter operations lead to arrests and the shutdown of over 500 illegal taverns [SOUND]

# The South African Police Service says nationwide Easter operations yielded positive results, including the arrest of 15-thousand-840 suspects for various criminal offences. Authorities also confiscated 132 illegal firearms and more than one-thousand rounds of ammunition, with KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest number of handgun confiscations. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says during the operations, 532 illegal taverns were shut down for non-compliance with the Liquor Act: