{"id":35795,"date":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=af1ccc8919cba19c7ce2760b4163cd3e"},"modified":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"police-rid-communities-of-unlicensed-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/police-rid-communities-of-unlicensed-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rid communities of unlicensed firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"
CAPE TOWN – Efforts to rid our communities from unlicensed firearms landed a 32-year-old suspect behind bars when he was caught with a 9mm pistol with no serial number in Lugmag Street Factreton on Saturday, 30 October 2021 at about 10:10.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A joint police stop and search operation was held in the Cape Town cluster when the suspect was searched and the firearm found in his possession.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The suspect will appear in Cape Town Magistrate\u2019s court on charges of possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition on Tuesday, 02 November 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In an unrelated matter, members of Ravensmead police were busy escorting IEC officials when they heard gunshots going off. They drove in the direction of the sound of the gunshots and saw a known suspect running with a firearm in his hand. The firearm fell and the suspect kept running. The members recovered a 9mm pistol. A discharging of a firearm case were opened for investigation. The suspect is yet to be arrested and the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CAPE TOWN – Efforts to rid our communities from unlicensed firearms landed a 32-year-old suspect behind bars when he was caught with a 9mm pistol with no serial number in Lugmag Street Factreton on Saturday, 30 October 2021 at about 10:10.A joint polic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n