WESTERN CAPE – Police members deployed to combat crime in gang ridden areas in the Western Cape on Sunday 09 July 2023 arrested and detained three males on charges of possession of firearms and ammunition and drugs.
Police members attached to Maitland Flying Squad responded to information and proceeded to the corners of Alice and CJ Langenhoven Streets in Goodwood when they saw an unknown man who fled when he saw the patrol vehicle. The Police members gave chase and arrested and detained the man when he was found in possession of an imitation firearm and drugs.
In an unrelated incident police members of Operation Restore pursued information pertaining a premises where drugs are being stored. They approached the residence in Nina Street and searched the premises. They confiscated 13 parcels of dagga and arrested and detained a suspect on a charge of dealing in dagga. The platoon proceeded to an identified address in Rita Street where they searched all the occupants and found an unknown man in possession of a firearm and ammunition. They arrested and detained the 28-year-old man 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 Goodwood and Mitchells Plain Magistrate court’s on the mentioned charges.
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– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) July 11, 2023
