Integrated daily operations conducted in the Nyanga area continuously yield positive results. A total of four suspects were arrested on Thursday 24 January 2019, in Browns Farm, Nyanga. Two suspects aged 31 and 34 were arrested while driving a vehicle which was reported hijacked in Delft in 2016.
The members of the Western Cape Flying Squad were on patrol in Lansdowne Road when they noticed an Opel Kadett with two suspicious looking occupants. When they tested the vehicle it came out as positive hijacked. The members then stopped the vehicle and asked the driver about ownership, he said he bought the vehicle from someone who is in the Eastern Cape.
The two other suspects aged 20 and 24 were arrested in Ngcisininde Crescent also in Browns Farm. The same members followed up on information of a firearm kept at a spaza shop. The members approached the shop owners to enquire about the firearm and the owners said they had no knowledge of a firearm being kept there however the members searched the shop and found the firearm with 19 rounds hidden inside the door.
The two suspects were immediately arrested.
The four suspects will appear in Athlone Magistrate’s Court once charged for the possession of a hijacked vehicle and possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition.
Members were applauded for their efforts to enhance police visibility and to clean the streets of Browns Farm which is the main crime contributing sector in the Nyanga Policing Precinct.
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