Being vigilant at all times is a prerequisite for all police officers on duty to ensure the safety of all citizens and, in the process, detain suspects who transgress the law.
This according to the Western Cape police, who shared that officers attached to the Provincial Extortion Task Team pursued information of a person in possession of a firearm without a valid license on Sunday 11 August.
The officers went to the identified dwelling in Mandela Park, Klapmuts, and found a man who fitted the description provided to them. Police searched the suspect and found a firearm with ammunition in his possession. The 36-year-old man could not provide a valid licence, which resulted in his arrest for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The suspect then led the investigation team to a nearby address where they found a male suspect in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
They arrested the 39-year-old suspect for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
In a separate incident on the same day (Sunday 11 August), Cloetesville police were busy with crime prevention patrols when around 17:00 they responded to information of a firearm stored at an address in Botmaskop Street. There they searched the premises and found a .38 special revolver hidden in a gutter. They detained six male suspects for the possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition. Once charged the suspects are expected to make their respective court appearances in the Paarl and Stellenbosch Magistrates’ Court on the mentioned charges.
