CRIME SCENE: Cape Town: Police arrested three people, including a teenager, on Monday 26 October 2026 in separate incidents relating to an illegal firearm and drug possession.

ATLANTIS: Members of the Atlantis Crime Prevention Unit executed a search warrant at a premises in Coly Lane, Robinvale, on Monday morning after receiving information about a firearm at the premises.

During the search they found a 9 mm pistol with 140 rounds of ammunition hidden in the bedroom. The firearm was confiscated, and an 18-year-old male was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

STRAND: Members of Public Order Policing were conducting stop-and-search operations in Onverwacht Street, Strand, where they searched a man who tried to evade them when they stopped next to him.

The members apprehended and searched the suspect and found a plastic packet containing Tik weighing 100 grams, as well as cash in his possession. The 36-year-old suspect was arrested for possession of drugs.

LAVENDER HILL: Members of Operation Prosper were conducting crime prevention patrols due to ongoing gang violence in the area when they searched a woman in Ashley Court, Lavender Hill, and found 28 Mandrax tablets and 13 half Mandrax tablets in her possession. She was arrested for possession of drugs.