WESTERN CAPE – Members of Atlantis Crime Prevention Unit executed a search warrant at a premises Coly Lane, Robinvale, on Monday morning, 26 October 2026, after they received information about a firearm at the premises. During the search, the members found a 9mm pistol with 140 rounds of ammunition hidden in the bedroom. The firearm was confiscated and an 18-year-old male was arrested for the possession of a unlicensed firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
He will appear in the Atlantis Magistrates court on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, for the mentioned charges.
In an unrelated matter, members of Public Order Police we conducting stop and search operations in Onverwacht Street, Strand, where they searched a male who was tried to evade police members when they stopped next to him. The members apprehended and searched the suspect and found a plastic packet containing crystal meth weighing at 100 gram and cash in his possession. The 36-year-old suspect was arrested for the possession of drugs and will appear in the Strand Magistrates’ court today.
Furthermore, members of Operation Prosper were conducting crime prevention patrols in the Lavender Hill area due to ongoing gang violence in the area when they searched a female in Ashley Court, Lavender Hill and found 28 mandrax tablets and 13 half mandrax tablets in her possession. She was arrested for the possession of drugs.
The suspect is due to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court today.
