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Three Firearms and Gang Members Seized

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Three gang affiliates are in police custody following their arrests on charges of prohibited possession of firearms and illegal possession of ammunition.

Bellflower Gun
One of the confiscated guns

It is alleged that on Monday, 13 February 2017 at about 19:00, members of the Visible Gang Intervention Unit assisted by PE Flying Squad followed up on information received of possible firearms at a house in Bellflower Road Bethelsdorp.

Response was immediate and as police approached the house, the group of males standing outside started to disperse. Three suspects started running with police members in pursuit. One suspect threw a firearm in the yard of a house while the other passed on another firearm to a third person. Two more firearms were thrown onto the roof of another house as suspects ran. Excellent co-ordination and cordoning off of the immediate area by Flying Squad members, Visible Gang intervention Unit members and Bethelsdorp members resulted in the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of three firearms.

The suspects are affiliated to the Spotbouers. Two 9mm pistols with rounds and a revolver was confiscated. The suspects are expected to appear in court soon.

On Facebook, Keath Richenberg said; “One moment I was busy washing my feet, the next the people is running up and down… it really was a blue Monday by us.” and Flipvis Badenhorst said; “Live by the GUN die by the GUN!”

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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.