WESTERN CAPE – The strategic deployment of members attached to the Anti-Gang Unit in the Manenberg policing precinct due to ongoing gang violence, resulted in the successful arrests of two suspects aged 25 and 41 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition on Tuesday, 14 October 2025.
While patrolling down Renoster Road, Manenberg members heard gunshots and immediately responded. They saw two suspects running down Rio Grande Road and that one of them threw a firearm in the yard of a premises in Renoster Road, Manenberg. The members stopped and arrested them and went to the premises and recovered a 9mm pistol with six 9mm rounds. On further investigation it was discovered that the firearm was reported stolen and taken in a robbery on Friday 10 October 2025, within the Manenberg Policing precinct.
The suspects will appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court tomorrow (Thursday, 16 October 2025) on the mentioned charge.