{"id":21680,"date":"2019-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=11cf0a57dbe4676bcdac3ba8a7922155"},"modified":"2019-12-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T00:00:00","slug":"suspects-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-a-firearm-and-drugs-in-kraaifontein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspects-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-a-firearm-and-drugs-in-kraaifontein\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and drugs in Kraaifontein"},"content":{"rendered":"
Efforts to fight the increase of illegal firearms in the Kraaifontein area have once again resulted in a firearm recovered.<\/p>\n
Kraaifontein SAPS members arrested a 21-year-old male for the illegal possession of a firearm at 07:15 on Sunday, 29 December 2019. The members received information while doing routine crime prevention patrols that an illegal firearm was being kept and drugs sold at a residential property in Park Street, Scottsdene, Kraaifontein. When they arrived at the location, the members saw a person fitting the description received attempting to hide something in the gutter at the back of the residence. After closer inspection, a pistol with several rounds of ammunition was discovered hidden in the gutter. The suspect was arrested and detained on possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition charges.<\/p>\n
During the same operation, a 24-year-old male was arrested for the illegal dealing in drugs at the same residential property. The members searched a Wendy house and discovered mandrax tablets, ecstasy and cocaine, with a street value of more than R3000 hidden in the back of a washing machine. The suspect was arrested and detained on dealing in drugs charges.<\/p>\n
The suspects will appear in the Blue Downs Regional Court and the Kuilsrivier Magistrates’ Court respectively on Tuesday, 31 December 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Efforts to fight the increase of illegal firearms in the Kraaifontein area have once again resulted in a firearm recovered.Kraaifontein SAPS members arrested a 21-year-old male for the illegal possession of a firearm at 07:15 on Sunday, 29 December 201…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n