GUNS FOUND IN DAK

MITCHELLS Plain crime fighters are calling for smarter policing as the South African Police Service (SAPS) rounded up more guns in the gang-infested suburb.

This week, the provincial police reported seizing a number of illegal firearms on the Cape Flats.

According to the cops, they have confiscated nine guns innie Plain since Monday as they clamp down after five people were killed and seven wounded during sporadic shootings last weekend.

In one raid on a suspected pella pos on Du Toitskloof Street, Tafelsig, the pote found four brand new firearms and an assortment of ammunition hidden in the dak of the house.

Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie said a 28-year-old man was arrested and is expected to appear in court soon.

He said: “These seizures emanate from the bolstered deployments to prevent further occurrences of gang violence.

“The members then found four firearms – three Glock 9mm pistols and a CZ pistol, some without serial numbers, and an assortment of ammunition concealed in a transparent bag in the roof of the house.”

Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) chairperson Norman Jantjies said they were concerned about the emergence of new guns.

He said: “The CPF is happy to hear that more illegal firearms are being retrieved. Of course people are a bit skeptical and wondering how it will be managed because of the disappearance on two occasions of firearms at Mitchells Plain SAPS.

“We hope that it will lead to fewer shooting incidents and murders and we ask the community members to share information confidentially with SAPS.”