Blitz sees 3 336 taxi drivers arrested, 919 vehicles seized over two months | Cape Times

Cape Town – Over the past two months, officers have arrested 3 336 taxi drivers with 13 568 outstanding warrants between them that were valued at just over R31 million. In one of the latest incidents last week, officers conducted a warrant operation and stopped a minibus taxi on Jakes Gerwel Drive.

On July 16, officers arrested four taxi drivers during an operation on the N2, with a total of 100 outstanding warrants to the value of R184 000. Since the launch of the taxi blitz, one minibus taxi has been impounded three times in the space of three-and-a-half weeks.

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