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The illegal possession of firearms, one of the root causes of serious and violent crimes in our communities saw three suspects arrested in police operations on Thursday evening. Members of Operation Restore were busy with stop and search operations in Driftsands when they searched a male and found him in possession of a 9mm pistol

DA ward councillor claims 176 people have been killed in the past three years in the area

A 43 year old man who tried to evade arrest by assaulting police was arrested.
This was at a joint operation between the Provincial Extortion Task Team and Moorreesburg SAPS where suspect was arrested for several charges.


SAPS in the Western Cape followed information about a kidnapped man who was at a guarded shack in Philippi before freeing him.

Western Cape Public Order Police arrested an adult male for the possession of an unlicensed firearm in Blou Kappie Street, Roosendal, Delft last night at about 19:30. The members were busy with patrols to combat gang related shooting in the area when they spotted a suspicious male and when they stopped he started to run

High visibility patrols in Harare, Khayelitsha ensued the immediate recovery of a stolen vehicle. At approximately 19:27 on Sunday, 24 April 2022, the Provincial Extortion Task Team was stopped by a complainant whose car had been hijacked in Ntlazane Street, Harare. Members responded swiftly and in no time they spotted a vehicle that matched the

Members attached to Operation Lockdown II received information about drugs, firearms and ammunition at a premises in Kalksteenfontein.

Members attached to Operation Lockdown II received information about drugs, firearms and ammunition at a premises in Kalksteenfontein. They immediately operationalised the information on 15 April 2022, at about 19:00, and searched the mentioned premises. The members found tik weighing 18,40 grams, mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R56 020 and a 9mm

On Thursday, a man accused of extorting one of the taxi drivers who park near the bus station off Strand Street in Cape Town was arrested by police.



Another explosive device has been discovered in 2022, this time in the coastal town of Hout Bay - and cops are baffled by the discovery.