Targeted operations in Cape Town and surrounding areas by integrated operational teams of SAPoliceService officers this week resulted in the arrest of several suspects and the confiscation of drugs, cash, and illegal firearms and ammunition
and the confiscation of drugs, cash, and illegal firearms and ammunition, the SAPS in the province said on Saturday.
Later on Friday night, the team executed another search and seizure operation in Robinvale in Atlantis, where they"dug up a firearm with ammunition hidden on the ground". The firearm was reportedly stolen in Durbanville in 2019. A total of 300 Mandrax tablets, 38 “stoppe dagga”, and a mobile card device were seized during the operation.
In an intelligence-driven operation by a provincial integrated team on Thursday at an address in Bellville South, a search was conducted and 800 Mandrax tablets, cocaine, and an undisclosed amount of money were confiscated. A 42-year-old man was arrested for dealing in drugs.
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