PORT ELIZABETH - ANTI-GANG UNIT ARRESTS 16 SUSPECT IN WEEKEND OPERATIONS ACROSS NELSON MANDELA BAY METRO

Intensive operations by the Anti-Gang Unit within the Nelson Mandela Metro this weekend has yielded positive results. Throughout this weekend the unit together with Metro police focussed on illegal drugs and firearms in the Motherwell, Uitenhage, Humansdorp and Mount Road clusters.

Over 16 suspects were arrested within 48 hours for serious crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape, house robbery, housebreaking, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition as well as assault on police and malicious damage to property. Drug related arrests were effected in Kamesh, Zwide, Humansdorp and the northern areas. Drugs such as dagga, mandrax and tik were seized. A 9mm pistol, ammunition and a gas gun was also seized. Nine (9) undocumented persons were also arrested in the operations.

A firearm out of the hands of a criminal, is one less crime committed.  During the early hours of Saturday morning, 27 July 2019 at about 03:15, AGU members followed up on information received about a firearm at a house in Kawa Street in Zwide. On arrival at the house, members spotted a group of males sitting around a fire. As they approached, one male got up and ran. Police ran after him and when they were at the back of a house, the suspect, aged 32 pointed a firearm at the police officer. The officer fired one shot injuring him in his abdomen. He was arrested on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm and pointing of a firearm. He is expected to appear in court soon.

Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga has warned criminals operating in the Metro that ‘there is no place for them to conduct their illegal criminal activities. We are squeezing their spaces and the results are evident that we are serious in cleaning up these areas. We are and will continue to break the backbone of the gang environment until all people in these areas are and feel safe’ added Lt Gen Ntshinga.

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