‘Taxi violence gang’ busted in east
The arrests were made by the Gauteng provincial taxi task team and Mamelodi crime prevention unit members.
Four heavily armed men, believed to be part of a gang behind taxi violence in Mamelodi, were arrested on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Gauteng provincial taxi task team and Mamelodi crime prevention unit members.
“We were following up on information about an armed gang operating in the area,” said police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo.
The team searched the premises which were originally built as a car wash outlet but were now used for parking taxis in Mamelodi West section P, when they noticed two “suspicious” cars driving past.
Trying to intercept the cars, a chase ensued and police managed to corner the suspects.
Masondo said the cars were a silver grey Mercedes Benz and a grey Toyota Quest.
In the Benz, they found an R5 rifle loaded with live ammunition, a 9mm firearm with ammunition, a revolver with six rounds live ammunition and 12 extra rounds of live ammunition in a bag.
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An unlicensed 9mm Norinco pistol with nine live ammunition rounds and a pistol with two loaded magazines were discovered in the Toyota.
Police searched the car wash where they found an R5 rifle, loaded with 18 rounds.
Police investigations are continueing.
The suspects aged between 37 and 46, would soon appear before the Mamelodi magistrate’s court on charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
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