Vital information provided by members of the community attributed to the arrests of a suspected gang member who was found in possession of a firearm and ammunition, unlawfully, on Tuesday 4 June in Somerset West. “Police members attached to Somerset West Crime Prevention unit were busy with crime intelligence gathering, following a robbery which occurred in Dirkie Uys Street earlier the day. They located the suspect after visiting various addresses, who pointed out the location of the stolen firearm and ammunition. They detained the 32-year-old man on a charge of the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition,” reads a statement from provincial police. The suspect was expected to appear before the Somerset West Magistrates’ courts on the mentioned charges.
