Sandton: Efforts to remove illegal firearms continuously result in successful confiscations in the Sandton policing precinct.
One firearm was recovered and four suspects were arrested for possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition and armed robbery in Buccleuch on Saturday, 18 July.
The suspects accosted their victim by threatening her with a firearm while she was busy jogging in the neighborhood. The suspect then took her cellular phone with a value of R 25 000-00.
The victim then alerted security officers on patrol who swiftly responded. The firearm’s serial number that was found in the possession of the suspects was filed off.
The suspects were later positively identified by the victim and handed over to police.
In an unrelated matter, a 34-year-old suspect was arrested police members for possession of stolen motor vehicle at a roadblock in Midrand on Saturday evening in Allandale Road.
The vehicle was positively linked to a theft case.
All suspects will appear in the Alexandra Regional Court today.