Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Polisie kry onwettige vuurwapens en ammunisie
Drie blitsvinnig in boeie
MISDAADTONEEL: Hanover Park en Mitchells Plain, Kaapstad. – Drie mans is agter tralies en drie onwettige vuurwapens is van ons strate verwyder na vinnige optrede deur die Maitland blitspatrollie.
Op Maandag 16 Februarie 2026 omstreeks 8nm het die cops hul blou ligte en sirenes geaktiveer toe hulle na ’n skietvoorval in Hanover Park otnbied is.
Volgens ’n polisieverklaring het die span ’n beskrywing van ’n voertuig wat met die skietvoorval verbind was, ontvang en dit opgevolg. Omstreeks 10nm dieselfde aand het die lede die silwer VW Jetta by ’n plek in Lentegeur opgemerk.
Hulle het die voertuig, met drie manlike insittendes, genader en ’n deeglike soektog uitgevoer. Drie vuurwapens, waarvan twee nie reeksnommers gehad het nie, is in die motor gevind. Die cops het ook 107 rondtes ammunisie gevind. Die verdagtes is gearresteer vir besit van ’n ongelisensieerde vuurwapen, en besit van verbode vuurwapens en ammunisie.
Die verdagtes, tussen die ouderdomme van18 en 31 jaar, sal in die Mitchells Plain verskyn.
NOG MISDAADTONELE: Daar was ook verslae van skietvoorvalle in Vrygrond, Valhalla Park en Wesbank op 17 Februarie 2026.
Three guns and ammo confiscated
Cops nab shooting suspects
CRIME SCENE: Hanover Park and Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. – Three suspected criminals are behind bars and three illegal firearms off our streets following swift action by the Maitland Flying Squad.
On Monday 16 February 2026 at around 8pm, the Squad activated their blue lights and sirens as they swiftly made their way to a shooting incident in Hanover Park.
According to a police statement, the squad obtained a description of a vehicle linked to the shooting which they quickly followed up. About two hours late, around 10pm, the members spotted the silver VW Jetta at a garage in Lentegeur.
They tactically approached the vehicle with three male occupants and conducted a thorough search, during which three firearms were found, two of which had no serial numbers. The Squad also recovered 107 rounds of ammunition. The suspects were arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of prohibited firearms, and ammunition.
The suspects aged between 18 and 31 is set to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court.
MORE CRIME SCENES: There were also reports of shootings Vrygrond, Valhalla Park and Wesbank on 17 February 2026.