Violent crimes perpetrated with firearms are in our sights and every endeavour is made to disarm criminals in this Province. On the afternoon of 23 february 2019, members of the Western Cape Flying Squad reacted on a tip off from the community about a suspect who was armed with two firearms in Cala Road, Nyanga.
The area was searched and the suspect who made an attempt to hide on a roof of a residence was arrested. The 33 year old man had two prohibited 9mm firearms in his possession.
In an unrelated incident during the early hours of 24 february 2019, Delft police pursued information about two hunting rifles in the possession of a suspect. The residence in Lyden, Delft was searched which led to the discovery of the two rifles, which had been reported stolen in Cape Town during 2018.
The suspect, a 55 year old female was arrested and detained.
Both suspects are due to make court appearances once they have been charged.
Liquor and drug related crimes are often crime generators for serious and violent crimes and during the SAPS crime operations conducted in a number of areas in the province during the weekend they also focussed on illegal liquor outlets.
These operations resulted in the seizure of 1624.77 litres of alcohol as well as large quantities of dagga and tik.
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