On Sunday 7 July at 19:30, officers attached to the Anti Economical, Extortion Task Team and Provincial Counterfeit Goods Task Team flooded the streets of Browns Farm, notorious for violent and firearm-related crime.
Officers were driving in Dyushu Street when they spotted several males standing at the back of a white Toyota Quantum. The officers approached the group tactically but the suspects fled into different directions. Officers traced a suspect who fled into a nearby house and another who disappeared over the roof of the house to the back of a flat.
They arrested the first suspect with a fully loaded revolver found.
. A woman was found with a 9 mm pistol next to her.
During an extended search inside the house, the officers found a third suspect, a man with a 9 mm pistol without a serial number.
The suspect who fled over the roof was also tracked and found in possession of a 9 mm pistol with an extra magazine in his pocket.
Officers expanded the search, armed with information that led them to a premises in Lotus, Gugulethu where several R1 and AK47 rounds of ammunition were discovered and seized. The officers also found a gas rifle at nearby premises.
Suspects aged between 23 and 36 were arrested on charges of possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition.
. In a separate incident, police who formed part of an integrated operation deployed in Khayelitsha to combat the ongoing gang violence were busy with stop and search operations in Site C on Friday 5 July, when they heard the sound of gunshots.
The officers responded and found a man who had sustained gunshot wounds.
A woman, who also sustained injuries, was transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. Officers followed up on the information at their disposal and apprehended a 32-year-old man who fitted the description of the suspect.
They searched him and confiscated a licensed 9 mm pistol with ammunition and drugs. They detained the man for murder, attempted murder and possession of drugs.
. In Gugulethu, police were busy with crime combating activities on Friday 5 July when they noticed the driver of a VW Polo driving recklessly.
The officers instructed the driver to stop, but he sped off with police in pursuit. The driver suddenly stopped the vehicle and pointed a firearm at the police officers who took action. The suspects fled and were apprehended. In the process police recovered three firearms with ammunition.
They detained two men, aged 31 and 42, and a woman (20) on charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
