Crime Combating Unit members received a crime intelligence led information on people planning robbery in Phuthaditjhaba. The members teamed up with Namahadi Crime Prevention and TRT and kept observation.
They spotted three suspects who when seeing the police, tried to run away. Two suspects were arrested and found in possession of a Norinco pistol with three hollow point rounds of ammunition.
The team later followed up on the third suspect who was still on the run heading towards the donga near Mandela Park. The team had information that the suspect was in position of a R5 rifle. They pounced on him and found the R5 rifle with two live rounds.
The same suspects led police to the recovery of two more pistols with four live rounds. The suspects who are from Qwaqwa areas of Thaba Bosiu, Ha Sethunya and Lusaka are expected to appear before the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrate court on Monday, 15 October 2018, facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
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