CRIME SCENE: Eerste River, Cape Town: The Anti-Economic Crime Task Team continued to clamp down on drug networks in the Cape Flats with an early morning raid on Tuesday, 25 August 2026.

According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) the Task Team worked in  collaboration with the Provincial Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Unit when they seized 340 mandrax tablets in Kleinvlei, Eerste River.

“The teams acted on intelligence and conducted a search at a house in Spandau Road where they found a 38-year-old male suspect. A total of 340 mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R20 000 were confiscated. The suspect was arrested for possession of drugs,” said SAPS..

Manenberg: The Anti-Gang-Unit arrested a 43-year-old alleged gangster for possession of a prohibited firearm in Manenberg. 

The Unit was doing patrols when they received information about a firearm at a house in Rhone Walk. They recovered a firearm without a serial number at the house.