Police are conducting a ballistic test on an alleged illegal firearm that was found during an integrated roadblock over the weekend.
Two men were arrested for being in possession
of the illegal firearm during a joint operation at the Huguenot tunnel on
Friday evening.
Transport MEC, Daylinn Mitchell says the
illegal firearm could be linked to the recent taxi-related killings
Eight taxi operators were killed in separate
incidents across Cape Town, last week.
Mitchell said that he will be writing to the
Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Thembisile Patekile, requesting to
speed up the ballistic test.
‘’The test must, as a matter of urgency, reveal
whether the firearm is in anyway involved the taxi related killings that have
played out in areas throughout the province. It is often the case that illegal
firearms are used in other serious criminal activities and or gang related
violence,’’ said Transport & public Works MEC, Daylinn
Mitchell
Done By: Mitchum George
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