Wentworth man nabbed for attempted murder

A TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD man, who was wanted by police for months, was arrested on Lansdowne Road on Sunday, 16 August after police followed leads in an operation to solve recent shootings in the area.

An intelligence-driven operation led police officers from the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation to a home where the man was arrested on two counts of attempted murder.

“It is alleged that on 15 March at 12.55am, a group of residents were seated outside a house within the premises on Tiffin Road in Wentworth when the occupants of a vehicle drove past and fired shots at them,” said spokesperson for the provincial police, Colonel Thembeka Mbele.

“A man and woman sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital for medical attention,” added Colonel Mbele.

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