LOOK: Police nab suspects in possession of drugs and an illegal firearm and ammunition

Picture: Supplied/SAPS Facebook

Picture: Supplied/SAPS Facebook

Published Jan 20, 2023

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Cape Town – Western Cape police officers have arrested suspects found with drugs, a forbidden firearm and ammunition.

According to a police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi, officers attached to Operation Restore deployed to combat crime responded to information received and raided a property in Vlei informal settlement, Athlone, on Thursday.

“The members searched the entire premises and found a consignment of drugs which includes heroine and methamphetamine with an estimated street value of R300 000,” he said.

“They arrested and detained a man aged 28 and a woman aged 23 on a charge of dealing in drugs.”

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In an unrelated matter, Rawsonville police responded to a complaint about undocumented people on a nearby farm on Thursday at around 4am.

Swartbooi said that they searched the premises and found an unknown man in possession of a .38 revolver.

“The 31-year-old man was arrested and detained on a charge of possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition,” Swartbooi added.

Swartbooi said the suspects were expected to appear in the Athlone and Worcester magistrate’s courts.

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