Two suspected gang members were arrested and disarmed in separate incidents in Somerset West and Atlantis on Tuesday, thanks to crucial information provided by community members. The suspects were found in illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Somerset West Crime Prevention Unit officers were conducting crime intelligence gathering following a robbery on Dirkie Uys Street earlier that day. The investigation led them to the suspect, who directed the officers to the stolen firearm and ammunition. The 32-year-old man was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
In a separate incident in Atlantis, police officers on patrol in Protea Park responded to a tip-off about a man illegally carrying a firearm. The officers located the suspect on Lenaria Street. Upon searching the 19-year-old, they discovered and confiscated a pistol and ammunition. He was detained on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Both suspects are scheduled to appear in their respective Magistrates’ Courts in Atlantis and Somerset West to face the charges against them.
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