In targeted intelligence-driven operations focusing on identified gang hotspots on the Cape Flats, a cordon and search operation yielded much-needed success on Monday afternoon when police teams discovered an arms cache comprising the following:
✅X 19 firearms
✅an assortment of 1500 rounds of ammunition
✅X 3 gun safes
✅X 26 magazines
✅A stun grenade, silencer and
✅shooting practice target board
All these illegal firearms and ammunition were concealed in cooler boxes and safes in a house in Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain.
While no arrests have been affected yet, detectives are questioning several people.
The find is believed to be part of an orchestrated plan to perpetuate gang violence that is currently afflicting several communities in Cape Town.
The firearms will be sent for ballistic testing as part of the ongoing investigation.
The targeted operations are set to continue until the affected areas have been stabilised.
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