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Media Statement WESTERN CAPE – Dedicated police members attached to the Anti-Economical Crime task team continue with their quest to eradicate extortion in the Western Cape by arresting those who are believed to perpetrate these crimes and terrorising communities through their heinous criminal activities. On Monday, 14 October 2024 at approximately 08:00, the members operationalised information received of five males carrying firearms who were busy extorting spaza shops at Cosovo and Samora Machel area. The members swiftly reacted to the information and upon arriving in the area, they were informed by members of the public that the suspects moved over to Philippi, probably continuing with their extortion activities. The members traced the suspects to Browns Farm where they encountered two males aged 20 and 22 who were carrying blue backpacks. Upon seeing the members approaching, they acted very nervously. The members searched the two and found a plastic bag containing an undisclosed amount of coins and a few packets of cigarettes, allegedly taken from some of the shops they extorted. After further interrogation, the two led the members to two different addresses in Covid informal settlement, Mfuleni where the members discovered an assault rifle which was hidden under a mattress in one of the rooms of the first address. The members proceeded to the second address where they found two prohibited firearm. Both suspects were detained at Mfuleni SAPS and are expected to make their first court appearance in the Blue Downs Magistrates’ court once charged. Ends
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