{"id":46773,"date":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=4d09a648380e522c5c7a3897ceb6c554"},"modified":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"police-in-gqeberha-remain-constant-in-recovering-illegal-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/police-in-gqeberha-remain-constant-in-recovering-illegal-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Gqeberha remain constant in recovering illegal firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GQEBERHA &#8211; The relentless efforts by police officers in the NMB district is yielding the desired results as illegal firearms are recovered almost daily in the metro.<\/p>\n<p>This past week a total of 22 illegal firearms were removed from criminals.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, 08 September 2022 at about 20:30, SAPS Bethelsdorp Crime Prevention members were patrolling in St Elizabeth Street in Ext 28 when they noticed a suspect acting suspiciously. Member conducted a search of the suspect leading to the recovery of a firearm and seven rounds of ammunition. The 25-year-old suspect was arrested on charges of possession of a prohibited firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident, on Monday, 12 September 2022 at about 14:30, SAPS Gelvandale Crime Prevention members responded to gunshots being heard at the corners of Martin and Kobus Road in Helenvale. The 22-year-old suspect was spotted running towards Sagard Street with a firearm in his hand. While running, he tossed the firearm in the bushes. He was apprehended and a pistol and four rounds of ammunition were recovered. The suspect was detained on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, 12 September 2022 at about 18:20, SAPS Bethelsdorp Crime Prevention members were patrolling in Jennicker Street in Arcadia when they noticed three males standing in front of a house. When the members stopped their unmarked police vehicle, they noticed that one of the male\u2019s had a firearm in his hand. The male, on realising that it was the police, ran into the house and locked the door. He was arrested and a 9mm pistol with nine rounds of ammunition were confiscated. The suspect was detained on a charge of possession of a prohibited firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>All the confiscated firearms will be sent to ballistics for analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GQEBERHA &#8211; The relentless efforts by police officers in the NMB district is yielding the desired results as illegal firearms are recovered almost daily in the metro.This past week a total of 22 illegal firearms were removed from criminals.On Thursday, &#8230;<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police in Gqeberha remain constant in recovering illegal firearms - South Africa Voice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/police-in-gqeberha-remain-constant-in-recovering-illegal-firearms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police in Gqeberha remain constant in recovering illegal firearms - 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