CRIME SCENE: Delft, Cape Town: A number of suspects were arrested and drugs and firearms recovered when Operation Prosper hit Rosendal and Delft South on Tuesday, 19 May and Wednesday, 20 May 2026.

On Tuesday in Cessna Street, the members arrested a 25-year-old woman for possession of tik when they found 29g of Tik in her pockets. They then proceeded to Heinkel Street and at approximately 23:10 a 29-year-old man was found in possession of 11 rounds of ammunition, and he was arrested.

The operation continued to Nielson Street at around 23:20 where the members stopped a teenage boy and girl, both aged 18-years, and searched them. Three sachets of Tik, seven Mandrax tablets and seven Ecstasy tablets were found in their possession. Both were arrested.

Two women, aged 30 and 31-years, were arrested in Auber Street after police found 13.5g and 11 sachets of Tik in their possession. In a separate incident, in the same street at about 23:45, a 34-year-old man was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Another man aged 30-years was arrested for possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition in Aandblom Street at around 23:50.

The final arrest came at around 01:30 on Wednesday morning when a 34-year-old man was arrested in the same street after he was found with 57.8g of Tik, 224 Mandrax tablets and an undisclosed amount of cash. He faces a charge of dealing in drugs.

 ▪Operation Prosper was launched on 01 April 2026. It represents a coordinated and decisive response by law enforcement and defence structures to disrupt criminal activity, remove illegal firearms from circulation and reinforce a safer environment for residents.