BFS arrest three during weekend operations near Clayville
SAPS members patrolled the area and at around 14:30 the vehicle was spotted on Thabana Ntlenyana Street.
Between Friday and Sunday, officers from the Benoni Flying Squad arrested three suspects and recovered four motor vehicles and one firearm.
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On Sunday officers received information of suspects travelling in a grey Audi A3 around Clayville who had an unlicensed firearm in their possession.
SAPS members who patrolled the area spotted the vehicle around 14:30 in Thabana Ntlenyana Street.
Three suspects were in the vehicle and after a thorough search, the officers found a Bodyguard 380 pistol with the serial numbers filed off and five live rounds of ammunition hidden inside a rear panel.
The three suspects were arrested and detained at Ivory Park SAPS.
In further policing, four abandoned hijacked vehicles were recovered.
These included a white Mitsubishi truck at Pretoria Road, Kempton Park reported on an Olifantsfontein case, a silver Opel Corsa Utility at Ivory Park Ext 15, reported on a Thembisa case, a white Volkswagen Crafter on N12 Jet Park off-ramp reported on a Thembisa case and a white Mercedes at Emphilweni Section, Thembisa reported on a Midrand case.
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Investigations will continue on all cases.
The suspects aged between appear in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court facing charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
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