In a continued effort to clamp down on criminal activities, the Royal Bahamas Police Force launched a major assault on crime and violence over the weekend by conducting a serious of operations throughout the island of New Providence.
The operations saw police officers from various policing divisions fan out across New Providence targeting problem locations and persons engaged in criminal activities such as, murder, armed robbery, rape, shootings, stolen vehicle, firearms, drugs and a number of minor offences.
The operations produced the following results: One hundred and twenty (120) – Persons were arrested for various offences such as, murder, armed robbery, stolen vehicle, housebreaking, causing damage, possession of stolen property, dangerous drugs, as well as a number of minor offences and outstanding criminal warrants.
Five hundred and sixty-four (564) – Drivers were cited for various traffic violations Two (2) – Stolen vehicles were recovered A quantity of dangerous drugs were found at two (2) locations Police credits the success of this ongoing major assault on crime to excellent team-work, intelligence led policing, precise execution of its policing plan and support from members of the public.