TWO SUSPECTS NABBED FOR ALLEGED POSSESSION OF UNLICENSED FIREARM AND AMMUNITIONS AND DEALING IN DRUGS RESPECTIVELY
POLOKWANE Members of the SAPS Highway Patrol Unit in Limpopo arrested a 37-year-old suspect for alleged possession of unlicensed firearm and live ammunition and the other suspect aged 27, for dealing in drugs. Both suspects were arrested on Saturday 3 December 2022 at different locations.
In the first incident, the members received information about a man terrorizing the community of Senwabarwana with a firearm and when following it up, a blue Volkswagen Polo with three occupants was intercepted in at a Filling Station in Senwabarwana. The passenger occupying the front seat was found in possession of a firearm with one magazine containing two live rounds of ammunition and one projectile as well as one SAPS pepper spray. Upon investigation conducted a firearm was found to be stolen from Gauteng in Norkempark.
In a separate incident the members responded to a complaint of a fighting war in Polokwane taxi rank upon arrival during the search processes a 27-year-old male suspect was found dealing in drugs. Seventy sachets of Nyaope and large amount of money were confiscated for exhibit purposes.
During the crime prevention operations multiple activities were performed by the Limpopo Highway Patrol Unit, forty-three persons, twenty-nine motor vehicles were searched and thirty-two Shopping Complex , fifty-seven ATMs and forty-two filling stations were visited and forty-three motor vehicles stopped, searched and tested.
The suspects are expected to appear before Senwabarwana and Polokwane Magistrate’s courts on Monday 05 December 2022 facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearm and live ammunitions as well as the dealing in drugs.
Police investigations are continuing.
