Efforts to fight the illegal possession of firearms in the Western Cape have once again resulted in arrests in Athlone and Delft.
On Sunday, 4 July 2021 at about 17:10, Lockdown II members conducted an intelligence driven operation at a premises in Hammerkop Street, Bridgetown, Athlone after receiving information about firearms. The members searched the house and the occupants and found a 17-year-old suspect in possession of a firearm and six rounds of ammunition. He was arrested and is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrates court.
In an unrelated matter on Monday, 5 July 2021 at 00:10, Western Cape Public Order Policing members on patrols in Delft arrested a 19-year-old male for possession of a 9mm Astra pistol and 17 rounds of ammunition at a premises in Groenland Street, Voorbrug, Delft. Once charge he will appear in court on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
At 00:45, the members were on patrol in Hartenberg Street, Voorbrug, Delft when they saw a suspicious looking male, who was found to be in the possession of a .38 Rossi revolver and five rounds of ammunition. The 19-year-old male was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He is due to appear in court once charged.
Meanwhile on 5 July 2021 at 15:40, Mitchells Plain Crime Prevention Unit was busy conducting patrols in Spine Road, when they stopped and searched a suspicious male and found him in possession of 12 packets of Methamphetamine, a half mandrax tablet and 40 small sachets filled with heroin.
The 38-year-old man was arrested and detained. Once charged, he is expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate court on a charge of possession of drugs.
