Scores of suspects in court after weekend crime busts

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Scores of suspects in court after weekend crime busts
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Western Cape police went all out on the weekend to round up a bunch of suspects who will be appearing in court on Monday.

Police spokesperson Col Andre Trout said various operations were conducted and led to several premises being searched.

Police confiscated this unlicensed firearm. The person who had possession of it will appear in court on Monday.One of the suspects was armed with an unlicensed firearm and will be charged. Also in Nyanga, an unlicensed firearm was seized from a man who was fatally wounded when he tried to hijack a Toyota Avanza in Govan Mbeki Drive in Browns Farm.

While patrolling Nyanga, the same members recovered a Toyota Avanza which was hijacked in Delft earlier this month, and in Samora Machel they recovered 34 cellular telephones which were stolen during a business robbery in Gugulethu. The suspects all managed to get away.

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