Police checkpoints help reduce weekend fatalities
Monday, May 23, 2022 | 950 Views |

Traffic police on duty. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Police have over time expressed deep concern over the increase in road fatalities since the beginning of the year.
To address the concerns, traffic police had set up drunk driving operations in and around Gaborone to reduce road deaths.
According to a press statement from the police, unidentified armed men attacked on duty police officers at the station in the early hours of Tuesday.During the attack, the suspects stole 14 riffles, five pistols and an undisclosed number of ammunition.Although unconfirmed, it is alleged that the suspects were just carrying knives and axes, which they used to scare the men and women in uniform before they took them hostage to help themselves to...