CRIME SCENE: George, Southern Cape: The Garden Route was not such a scenic landscape for six me from Thembalethu in George this week when they were arrested for an unlicensed firearm.

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Garden Route Crime Combatting Team arrested the six during a crime combatting operation executed on Tuesday, 28 April 2026.

The police received information of a hidden firearm at a residence in Nelson Mandela, Boulevard, Zone 06, Thembalethu and raided the premises. A thorough search led to the discovery of a 9mm pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition. They confiscated the items and arrested the suspects, aged between 27 and 35-years.