South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner of Western Cape
Our efforts to make our communities safe from serious crimes yielded positive results when police members conducted tracing operations in the early hours of this morning. Two suspects aged 23 and 33 were arrested for being in possession of a.38 Special revolver with no serial number, ammunition and drugs inside a Wendy house.
Two other suspects aged 19 and 26 were arrested when the members searched a premises in New Rest informal settlement Old Crossroads and recovered a shotgun hidden under a bed in the house.
The suspects will appear in Athlone and Bishops Lavis courts respectively to face the charges against them.
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