On Wednesday 08 January 2025, at about 09:30, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Eastern Region Task Team officers, arrested four (4) male suspects between the ages of twenty-six and thirty-eight years for possession of unlicensed firearm and live ammunitions in Daveyton.
The Officers received a tip-off about suspects driving a white Toyota Avanza with a false number plate, who were terrorising the community of Mina Nawe informal settlement.
Officers went on a manhunt and spotted the vehicle with four occupants, including the driver, at the corner of Buffalo and Brazil Road in Mayfield.
As the officers carried out their routine investigations on the vehicle and its occupants, it was discovered that the driver had not have a driver’s license and the vehicle’s disc was fraudulent. The officers conducted a search and an unlicensed 9mm firearms, with scratched off serial number and seven live rounds were discovered.
The suspects were arrested and taken to Putfontein Police Station. Further investigations are underway to determine if there can more charges pressed against the four men.
