CRIME SCENE: Cape Flats: The police recovered four illegal firearms and arrested four people during operations across the Cape Flats over the weekend.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) said the aim of the operations was to bring stability to crime ridden areas.

The Anti-Gang-Unit (AGU) receiving information on Sunday, 19 July 2026 regarding a firearm that was hidden at a premises in Mentz Court, Hanover Park.

The police searched the premises and occupants. A firearm without a serial number and 10 rounds of ammunition were found in the possession of a 43-year-old suspect. He was arrested for the possession of a prohibited firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

Members attached to Operation Lockdown 3 arrested two suspects aged 54 and 29-years, in separate incidents in the early evening of Sunday.

At around 18:30 they received information about a place in Laingsberg Street, Manenberg where a member of a local resides and that the premises was being used as an illegal tavern. The members searched the premises and during the search a 9mm pistol was recovered and seized. The suspect, aged 54, was arrested for the possession of a prohibited firearm.

At about 20:00 they arrested a 29-year-old suspect for possession of an unlicensed firearm and illegal possession of ammunition at a premises in Hanekom Crescent, Belhar.

On Saturday, 18 July 2026, the AGU conducted an intelligence driven operation in the Lentegeur area following up on information on a murder case reported earlier in this month.

They proceeded to a premises in Avon Street, Woodlands where they searched an unknown male and found him to be in possession of a .38 Special revolver and six .38 special rounds of ammunition. A 23-year-old man was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.