Suspect due in court for the possession of imitation firearms and ammunition

South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Western Cape
 

WESTERN CAPE – On Friday, 02 August 2024, members of the Makhaza Crime Prevention Unit were called to a school where they searched a student who was in possession of a firearm. The members confiscated an imitation firearm with eight rounds of ammunition. The 19-year-old male was arrested for the possession of an imitation firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition.

He will appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrates’ court on Monday.

Meanwhile, members of Atlantis SAPS were busy with crime prevention duties in Bunting Crescent, Robinvale, Atlantis, on Friday evening when they stopped and searched a unknown man and found him in possession of a homemade zip gun. They arrested the 40-year-old male and he will appear in the Atlantis Magistrates’ court on Monday.  
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