The mission to enhance partnership policing led to the confiscation of drugs, firearms and ammunition and several suspects arrested.
On Friday, 19 March 2021, SAPS members received information about a male reportedly selling drugs at the Blue Line hostel in Langa. Upon arrival at the address, members found the male as mentioned and searched the premises. Members found dagga in three buckets including a black drum. The members also confiscated 35 parcels of dagga wrapped in newspaper, seven clear plastic bags and an undisclosed amount of cash.
The 28-year-old suspect was arrested and detained at Langa SAPS. He will appear in court once charged.
Meanwhile a tracing operation by Table Bay Harbour detectives resulted in great success on Friday, 19 March 2021, when SAPS members followed up on information that led them to an address where they found 24 parcels of dagga, two plastic bags containing an unknown amount of dagga, three cellular telephones, two weighing scales and an undisclosed amount of cash.
A 46-year-old male suspect was subsequently arrested and will appear at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 23 March, 2021.
In an unrelated matter, a suspect was arrested after he was found to be in possession of 13 bankies tik at a premises in Sampson Street, River View, Worcester. Combined operations with various policing units were conducted in an attempt to confiscate illegal firearms.
In the pursuit of excellence, detectives of Philippi East responded to information received from a reliable source on Friday, 19 March 2021, relating to a murder case. The detectives were joined by members of Flying Squad when the investigation took them to a Spaza Shop in Lower Crossroads.
When they searched the premises, one of the members discovered one 9mm pistol with six rounds of ammunition. Two suspects aged 25 and 29, who could not provide a valid licence to be in possession of a firearm, was arrested and detained. The suspects are due to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 on charges of Illegal possession of prohibited firearm and ammunition.
A further arrest was made of a 31-year-old suspect on a charge of murder. He will appear in court once charged.
Late Friday afternoon, 20 March 2021, at about 17:45, members attached to the Bishop Lavis SAPS Crime Prevention Unit received information relating to a firearm being stored at a house in Plumbago Street in Bonteheuwel. Members immediately reacted on this information and upon arrival at the address, they searched the house, and found one 7,65 Browning pistol, with four rounds of ammunition in a room.
A 26-year-old man could not produce a valid licence to own such a firearm and was arrested and detained at Bishop Lavis SAPS. Further investigation also established that the firearm was stolen in Parys in the Free State Province.
The suspect will appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 on charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
