OVER 1000 people have been arrested during the first week of the Western Cape leg of Operation Crackdown. Police say 750 people were arrested for serious offences, while 15 handguns and 25 stolen vehicles were recovered during the period April 1 to 6. Police have also seized 226kg of dagga, 133 Mandrax tablets, 15gm of cocaine, 93gm of heroin and 45 crystals of crack cocaine. Police say 196 roadblocks were set up throughout the province while other crime prevention patrols involved searches of people and property.