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Media Statement
WESTERN CAPE – On Sunday, 23 March 2025, members of Operation Restore assisted a vehicle tracking company to trace a vehicle which was stolen during a house robbery in Makhaza earlier. The vehicle was tracked down at Xameni Crescent, Y-Section, Site B, Khayelitsha with three male occupants. The suspects attempted to evade arrest but was apprehended through the swift response by the members. One suspect was found in possession of a firearm without a serial number and 12 rounds of ammunition. The three adult male suspects face charges for the possession of a stolen motor vehicle and the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. They are expected to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrates’ court once they have been charged. In an unrelated matter, members of Operation Shanela deployed in Gugulethu to combat crime on Sunday afternoon, stopped a vehicle of which the driver was driving reckless in NY4, Gugulethu. Upon searching the vehicle and the occupants, they found a firearm with nine rounds of ammunition in the vehicle. The occupants were unable to account for the firearm and was subsequently arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The suspects aged 32,33 and 34 will appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court once they have been charged.
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