CRIME SCENE: Bishop Lavis, Cape Town: A woman has been arrested after police found two illegal firearms and ammunition in a house here.

Members of Operation Lockdown 3  followed up information about firearms at a premises in Reenberg Street, Bishop Lavis, on Sunday night, 30 August 2026.

According to the police they searched the premises and found a 9mm pistol without a serial number with ammunition, and a .45 revolver hidden in the house. A 41-year-old woma was arrested for the possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of an unlicensed firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

In Simon’s Berg Street, the members searched a premises where they found 18 Mandrax tablets and arrested a 32-year-old male for the possession of drugs, said the police.

Bonteheuwel: The members searched another premises in Assegaai Street, Bonteheuwel, and found 130 Mandrax tablets, 57 small packets containing Tik and 20 heroin straws in the house. They arrested a 31-year-old man for the possession of drugs.