Continuous support and efforts by members of the Western Cape Public Order Policing continue to make strides in the Nyanga area.
The members have recovered an illegal firearm on 27 January 2020, at about 01:00 while on patrol in Zwelitsha, Nyanga. They approached a suspect who started running when he saw police. He dropped a firearm, and after a pursuit he was arrested.
The suspect aged 30 is being detained for the possession of a prohibited firearm as well as possession of ammunition.
Another suspect (27) was arrested at about 00:30 on a charge of rape. The suspect is reported to have allegedly raped a girl when she was five years old. The victim revealed this ordeal after the family noticed change in her behaviour and she said the suspect came to her house and lured her into another house promising to buy her chips but instead she was raped.
The two are due in court this week, the 30 year old is due in Athlone Magistrate’s Court for the possession of an unlicensed firearm, prohibited firearm as well as possession of ammunition and the 27 year old suspect is due in Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of rape.
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