Maseru ___ The area Chief of Koalabata has applauded her community for having celebrated the Christmas holidays without any reports of criminal activities.

Speaking in an interview with the agency on Thursday, Chief ‘Makhomo Makoanyane indicated that this is the longest time in her area, holidays are spent without even a report of house breaking saying this is a sign into a positive direction of crime prevention within the Koalabata area.

She indicated that with such, it is testament that there is progress made in all efforts implemented towards eradicating crime in her area.

She showed that all this has been made possible through the dedication of the community policing forums within the area and the security agencies campaigns which include patrols which were made within the area during the holidays.

She however pleaded with the community as well as the community policing forums to continue with all the campaigns which were put in place to ensure that even after the holidays the Koalabata area is still able to tackle crime.

Unlike in the past years Members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (LMPS) are reported to have not placed a satellite station in the Koalabata area to observe the behaviour of the community during the holidays.