Four alleged gangsters have been arrested after a high speed car chase in Atlantis on the West Coast in Cape Town, Western Cape Police said on Sunday.
A man and a few friends were walking in Platbos Street, Sherwood, Atlantis, on Saturday afternoon when a white Toyota Tazz stopped next to them, Captain FC van Wyk said.
One of the occupants got out of the car, took out a firearm, and pointed it at the man. The suspect pulled the trigger and the firearm allegedly jammed.
“At that point another passenger got out of the car and fired three shots at the complainant. The complainant and his friends managed to run away without receiving any injuries,” he said.
At the time of the incident, South African Police Service (SAPS) officers were on crime prevention duties close by and heard the gun shots. They immediately drove in that direction. “On their arrival, they saw how the suspect was shooting at the complainants. The suspects then jumped into their vehicle and a high speed chase ensued with SAPS vehicles.”
All exit roads were blocked off and the suspects’ car was stopped in Grosvenor Avenue, Saxonsea, Atlantis. The suspects fled from the car but police officers soon apprehended them. Four men aged between 29 and 39 from Atlantis were arrested. The police searched the car in their presence and found an illegal, unlicensed firearm, with live ammunition.
The suspects were detained on charges related to possession of a firearm and ammunition without a licence. A case of attempted murder and pointing a firearm was under investigation “to possibly link it to the suspects”. The car was impounded due to having been used in the commission of a crime. Once the investigation was complete the suspects would appear in the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court, Van Wyk said.
Milnerton police cluster commander Maj-Gen Anneqah Jordaan and Atlantis police station commander Colonel Zerilda Nortje applauded the officers for their good work in apprehending the suspects.
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