WESTERN CAPE - Police members in the Western Cape continue to rid the streets of the communities they serve from offenders in possession of unlicensed and prohibited firearms and ammunition during operations on Saturday 17 December 2022.

Mitchells Plain police members were busy with patrols, when they conducted an impromptu search at a premises in 6th Avenue, Eastridge in Mitchells Plain. Upon arrival they search the occupants inside the dwelling and confiscated a 9mm pistol with ammunition. They arrested and detained a man on a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

In an unrelated intervention police members of Maitland Flying Squad responded to a complaint of a hijacked motor vehicle and drove to the given location. As the patrol vehicle entered Torbay Road, they saw the vehicle and stopped to investigate. Whilst they were busy on the scene, the driver of a blue Honda Ballade who just stopped, tried to drive away when he saw the police officers, but was apprehended and forced to stop his vehicle. They searched the occupants and the vehicle and confiscated a black 9mm pistol with ammunition. They arrested and detained five suspects between ages 26 and 44 on a charge of possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition.

Once charged the suspects are expected to make their respective court appearances in the Mitchells Plain and Wynberg Magistrate Court’s on the mentioned charges.

Source: South African Police Service