The continued recovery, seizure of firearms and arrest of suspects is a direct result of intensified crime prevention operations, intelligence collection, police visibility and the efforts of the members who work daily to ensure that illegal and unlicensed firearms are taken out of circulation and out of the hands of criminal elements.
On Wednesday, 12 July 2017 at about 11:45, members from Mount Road Cluster OCC were patrolling in Gelvandale when they received a ‘tip off’ from a community member of a person in Springbok Street in possession of a firearm.
Immediately responding to the information, members noticed a group of males in the mentioned street. As they spotted the police, one of the males started running. A chase on foot ensued and the suspect was seen tossing a firearm in the yard of a house.
The suspect was arrested by a member from SAPS Gelvandale and the firearm, a .38 special revolver and ammunition was recovered.
It was later established that the arrested person, aged 25 years, is also a suspect in a murder case in which allegedly took place on 13 June 2017. It is alleged that at about 13:00 a Dustlife gang member, Keenen Fortuin (28) was gunned down in Beetlestone Road by three suspects.
The suspect will be detained on a case of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as well as murder.
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