In an effort to address the scourge of gang violence in the Mitchell’s Plain Cluster police arrested five suspects and seized illegal firearms and ammunition in the Mitchell’s Plain Cluster.
On 31 August 2018 at 22:45 police arrested a 32-year-old man with a Rossie .38 Special with five live rounds of ammunition. The suspect was at Vygie court,Grassy.
Lentegeur police brought a 30-year-old man to book after he was found in possession of a .38 Special revolver and six live rounds of ammunition in Lentegeur.
In another incident police were patrolling in the area when they saw the two suspects aged 25 and 28 years old, they threw the firearms on the ground when he saw the police. Police e arrested the duo for possession of illegal firearm with ammunition and drugs.