All seven suspects will appear in various courts across the province following their arrests.
PORT ELIZABETH - Western Cape police, acting on information from an anonymous source, arrested three suspects aged 19, 30 and 40 in connection with stolen goods and possession of firearms and ammunition on Thursday at a house in Lower Crossroads.
When members of Philippi East Crime Prevention Unit arrived at the house in Dludaka Street in Lower Crossroads, they asked for and were granted permission to search the premises, SAPS said in a statement. During the search they found a G-Star 9mm Pistol with no serial number, eight 9mm rounds and a magazine, as well as a Dixon 42cm flat Screen television, HP printer, speakers, a BenQ projector and a bolt cutter. "On further investigation it was found that the firearm was reported stolen on a Khayelitsha robbery with firearm case in 2016. The firearm will be sent for ballistics to test if it was used in the commission of crimes," SAPS said.
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