Our efforts to address gang related crime in affected areas in the Western Cape have led to the arrest of a suspect with possible links to a notorious Cape Flats gang yesterday afternoon, 26 June 2018.
Members of the Mitchells Plain Crime Prevention unit reacted on a tip off from the community and searched the residence of a 57 year old man staying on the premises of a primary school in Rocklands, where the discovered two unlicensed firearms and an assortment of drugs with an estimated street value to the tune of R 513,660. 00.
Once charged, the suspect is due to make a court appearance in Mitchells Plain on charges of the possession of unlicensed firearms and dealing in drugs.
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lt Gen KE Jula congratulated his members on the arrest and said that firearms and drugs will remain high on our agenda during the frequent crime operations in this province.
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