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Police members arrest suspects for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

By Rachel Mohamed A 23-year-old suspect has been arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in Delft on Tuesday, 15 October, and will be appearing in the Bellville Magistrate’s court once charged. SAPS Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said Anti-Gang Unit members deployed in the Delft policing precinct followed up on information regarding a firearm hidden at a premises in Junker Crescent, Delft. “On arrival at the identified […]

today16 October 2024

Local

Cele: South Africa has a serious illegal firearm problem

Police Minister Bheki Cele said the country has a serious illegal firearm problem, adding, however, that perpetrators use a variety of weapons to commit murder. On Friday, Cele presented the latest crime stats for the third quarter, covering the period between October 2022 and December 2022. The statistics show a significant increase of 10.1% for murder, which stands at 7,555 cases during that period. Cele said during the third quarter, […]

today18 February 2023

Local

Western Cape police arrest more than 550 people in crime-prevention operations

Western Cape police arrested nearly 600 people during the week for crimes ranging from possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition to dealing in dagga, murder and domestic violence. Provincial spokesperson Capt Frederick van Wyk said 562 wanted suspects were nabbed. Among those arrested was a 34-year-old man in Delft who was allegedly found in possession of a .38 Special revolver, while in the Nyanga Browns Farm area a 37-year-old man was also […]

today10 July 2022

Local

Case against businessman, arms dealer postponed again

The case against a Cape Town businessman and Vereeniging arms dealer was again on Friday postponed for another pre-trial hearing. Irshaad "Hunter" Laher and Alan Raves appeared in the Western Cape High Court where the matter was postponed to October 12. The two are accused of various charges focusing on the alleged sale of firearms meant to have been destroyed by police but which ended up in the hands of […]

today30 June 2018

Local

Gun owners with expired licences must hand them in or face arrest: ConCourt

Gun owners whose licences have expired will have to surrender their firearms to the police immediately. This was confirmed by a Constitutional Court judgment on Thursday, with national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo confirming that those who failed to do so would be arrested. "We welcome the judgment and we are calling on all those who haven’t renewed their firearm licences to bring them in. If we find them, [they […]

today8 June 2018

Local

Ammo shortage and gun thefts: Cape cops’ firearms fiasco

Western Cape police not only have to deal with several firearms that have gone missing from two stations and gangsters armed with guns meant to be with cops. They also have to contend with a shortage of ammunition at a shooting practice range. Various issues relating to firearms and police officers in the province have surfaced over several months and viewed together, paint a worrisome picture in a province that […]

today6 June 2018

Local

More arms seized in ‘underworld’ clampdown

Firearms have been seized from the owner of a Cape Town security company - the latest in a string of actions clamping down on apparent underworld activities. The firearms were confiscated from the owner of the company, whose name is known to News24, in Bellville on Tuesday. Bruce Hendricks, who heads up Hassan-Harmse Attorneys, confirmed on Tuesday that the owner, who he is representing, was not detained. Hendricks declined to […]

today15 November 2017

News

Calls for impartial probe into missing weapons at Mitchells Plain SAPS

The Mitchell's Plain Community Police Forum (CPF) has welcomed the suspension of 14 Mitchells Plain police officers, in the wake of the outcry over missing firearms. Last month, fifteen 9mm state firearms disappeared from the Mitchells Plain Police Station, followed 18 guns which vanished from the Bellville South Police Station. It’s now believed that Mitchell's Plain cluster commander General Greg Goss suspended station commander, Brigadier Cass Goolam and other officials […]

today22 September 2017

Local

Firearms confiscated at security company linked to underworld

A massive raid is being carried out at a security company in Bellville, which claims to have strong links to intelligence services and police, in an operation linked to the underworld. The raid on Wednesday at The Security Group (TSG) comes a week after the company was searched during a compliance inspection – an operation which was monitored by members of the National Intervention Unit who were armed with machine […]

today12 July 2017

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