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More Cases to Court Since Crackdown
posted (November 5, 2012)
On average, every Monday, there are about 10 new matters which are lodged at the Magistrate's Court for defendants facing charges. That number may go up to as much as 15 if there is a spike in crime.

Today, after one weekend of the crime crackdown, there were 22 persons who were brought before the court to be arraigned. Along with the cases we reported on earlier in the newscast, there were 3 persons charged with harm, 7 persons for drug possession, one for assaulting a police officer, and another for conspiracy to commit burglary.

There was even one person who was charged with a nuisance charge drinking alcohol in public, and worse, one man charged with riding a bicycle without a bell.

The spike in cases is attributable to the recent police crackdown in crime hotspots.

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