Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Western Cape
 

WESTERN CAPE - Members of Kraaifontein Crime Intelligence were on a mission to recover an unlicensed firearm, when they stumbled upon an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant in Antilope Street, Uitzicht.

The members had roped in Durbanville SAPS members to assist in finding a person of interest with an unlicensed firearm, believed to be at the mentioned address. On Tuesday 27 January 2026 at approximately 22:30, they descended at the premises where they found two Congolese nationals aged 23 and 24. While searching, members uncovered large quantities of alcohol as well as manufacturing machinery in one of the rooms. The two males were arrested on the spot for illegal manufacturing of alcohol.

Once charged, they will appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court.

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