Police seize firearms and drugs during weekend operations in Cape Town
Police seize a cache of drugs and firearms during weekend operations in Cape Town, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat crime in the region.
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Police across the metro made multiple arrests and confiscations during weekend operations targeting drugs and illegal firearms, with busts reported in Belhar, Strand and Athlone.
During an intelligence driver operation on Friday in Kanala Lane, Extension 13, Belhar, police received information that a suspect at a premise in the street was allegedly involved in a shooting that occurred in Belhar.
Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said: “The members searched the premises and found a 9mm blank pistol with one blank round of ammunition.
“An enquiry was opened and the pistol was handed in as an exhibit for further processing. No arrest as yet and investigations continue.”
On Saturday, members of the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) executed a search warrant at a premises in 6th Avenue Rusthof, Strand where they seized a Stoeger Coeger 800F pistol with eight 9mm rounds of ammunition and 21 packets of tik.
Captain FC van Wyk said that the suspect was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and possession of drugs and is expected to appear in the Strand Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Meanwhile, at a premise in Goede Plein, Kewtown, Athlone a 40-year-old suspect was arrested for dealing in drugs.
Van Wyk said: “On Saturday, 21 March, the members operationalised information received at the mentioned address where firearms and drugs are allegedly being kept.
“The members searched the premises and found 196 mandrax tablets, two sachets of tik and an undisclosed amount of cash believed to be the proceeds of crime.”
The suspect is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Monday.