WESTERN CAPE: 02 JULY 2023 - On 2023-06-30 at about 18:30 members attached to National Intervention Task Team received information of two vehicles (Mercedes Benz and white Polo) that will enter Bellville to commit a business robbery and to kidnapped a foreign business man. The information was operationalized and the vehicles were intercepted at Old Paarl Road, Bellville, and near a petrol station in Oakglen, Bellville respectively by the members.
In Old Oak Road the members arrested four males aged 31, 37, 38 and 48 for possession of an unlicensed firearm. A .38 revolver without a serial number was found between the front seats in the car. In Oakglen three males aged 33, 39 and 58 respectively in the Polo were arrested for possession of state property (SAPS reflector jackets, three SAPS baseball caps).
These suspects were detained at Bellville SAPS for processing and further investigations. They are due to appear in court once charged.