As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice South/Cen­tral Wayne Mys­tar said yes­ter­day that eight sus­pects linked to car thefts have been ar­rest­ed dur­ing the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE).

“We have been go­ing af­ter per­sons in terms of ar­rests linked to var­i­ous crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ties. We are see­ing a ma­jor break­through in the car-steal­ing ring. Those eight per­sons will be crit­i­cal in our in­ves­ti­ga­tions and will link us to sev­er­al mo­tor ve­hi­cle thefts. I don’t want to say much more as it stands now, but it is a ma­jor break­through,” Mys­tar said.

So far, 126 ar­rests have been made and 17 guns re­moved from the streets dur­ing the SoE, the TTPS has said.