CRIME SCENE: New Brighton, Eastern Cape: The South African Police Service (SAPS) have taken a 16-year-old boy into custody after he was found in possession of a stolen firearm.

According to SAPS the boy was arrested after a revolver and six rounds of ammunition was recovered during an operation in New Brighton in the Eastern Cape.

“At about 22:00 on 12 November 2026, members of the SAPS Motherwell Cluster Trio Task Team followed up on information about a firearm at a house in Sangotsha Street. A .38 Special revolver and six rounds of ammunition was found at the address. The firearm was reported stolen in George in 2016.

“The teenager was arrested for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and detained at Nerina House. The firearm will be sent for forensic testing to determine whether it may be linked to crimes,” said SAPS.