Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) members deployed to curb gang violence and its manifestations worked through the night in Bellville South and Belhar executing operations that yielded significant successes.
The AGU members arrested a 17-year-old suspect in Pillay Street, Bellville South for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Armed with the vital information they descended on a house in William Taylor Street where they discovered 4 500 mandrax tablets and arrested a 32-year-old suspect for dealing in drugs.
Meanwhile, the AGU’s combat and information teams pursued information that led them to an address in Grootte Schuur Street in Belhar where they unearthed a firearm with 18 rounds of ammunition concealed in an underground makeshift safe. They arrested a 32-year-old suspect with strong links to gangs for possession of firearms and ammunition without a license.
In a tracing operation executed later in the evening, the same AGU team arrested a 39-year-old wanted suspect for two counts of attempted murder.
All arrested suspects will appear in court in due course for the charges specified.
AGU operations are set to continue at identified hotspots.
WC Anti-Gang Unit hard at work curbing gang violence and other illicit crimes in Cape Town hotspots https://t.co/dNEQwcdbYP#ArriveAlive #IllicitCrimes #Enforcement @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/6wlZDCuL5C
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