Law Enforcement officers have arrested three suspects in separate incidents in Mitchells Plain in recent days.
At approximately 02:30 this morning, LEAP officers on patrols in Tafelsig saw a man running into a property. They gave chase, but were stopped by a locked gate.
A female occupant in the house gave them permission to enter the premises.
The male was found in one of the rooms – officers also found a Browning pistol hidden in a bag.
The 27-year-old suspect was detained at Mitchells Plain SAPS.
Then, on Sunday morning, 24 August, Law Enforcement officers caught two people, red-handed, engaging in cable theft in a trench along Morgenster Road.
They were arrested in terms of the Criminal Matters Amendment Act of 2015.
The suspects, a 29-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, were detained at Lentegeur SAPS
