Metro Police officers arrested three men after a high speed chase and crash in Mitchells Plain. The men are suspected of being involved in a shooting incident earlier in the day. The City of Cape Town’s enforcement departments arrested 347 people this past week.
Metro Police officers were conducting a stop and search operation in Tafelsig on Saturday, 15 February, when they received information about a vehicle involved in a shooting earlier in the day.
Upon spotting the vehicle on Eisleben Road, officers attempted to stop the driver, but he refused and sped off.
A high-speed chase ensued, during which the occupants fired multiple shots at the officers.
They returned fire and the suspects eventually crashed into a barrier on Duinefontein Road, near the Jakes Gerwel Bridge.
Three suspects were apprehended and officers confiscated two pistols – a 9mm Norinco Star with five live rounds of ammunition and a Glock 19,9mm pistol with an extended magazine and six live rounds…
