As operations in OR Tambo District are in full swing with police roadblocks held around the district to fight crime so as for communities to have a safer Easter holiday, Bityi and Mqanduli police jointly arrested a 37-year-old male suspect on N2 roadblock near Vidgesville for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition on Friday, 11 April 2025 at about 14:00.
The 37-year-old male suspect was arrested during a roadblock and on searching him, police found an unlicensed firearm with ammunition in his waist. The suspect was arrested and charged for unlawful possession of unlicensed firearm (intact serial number) and ammunition whilst Flagstaff police arrested a 34-year-old male suspect of Mafadobo locality on Friday, 11 April 2025, for kidnapping, assaulting and rape of his 34-year-old former girlfriend.
The suspect locked her at his residence from 27 March 2025 till her escape on 08 April 2025. Both suspects will respectively appear before Magistrate’s Courts on Monday, 14 April 2025 facing their different charges.
