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The sparkling wine that was recovered.
- Western Cape police seized bubbles and crayfish in operations this week.
- Drugs and weapons were also seized in the raids, which included the arrest of a woman who allegedly tried to dump a bag of mandrax.
- Stolen vehicles were also recovered.
Among the items seized by Western Cape police this week were stolen crab tails, a large quantity of crayfish tails, as well as drugs, weapons and cars, according to statements sent in the wake of the killings of two police officers.
The murders of Lieutenant Charl Kinnear and Sergeant Thabile Maphoma shook the police community this week, which is also under pressure after the death in custody of Leroy Oliphant.
On Wednesday, a delegation of senior police officers and the Hawks accompanied Police Minister Bheki Cele on a visit to Cape Town, where the formation of a steering committee was announced to crack down on network-related protection fees. of organized crime.
As police deployed Thursday, one of the cases of the province’s organized crime and anti-kidnapping units was the mysterious disappearance of a bubble-filled truck whose tracking device had been jammed.
The kidnapping had taken place in Elsies River and 36 pallets of sparkling wine were missing. The truck was eventually found empty on Lansdowne Road, Cape Town, and police eventually discovered that it had made a stop at Ottery.
After a watch, a truck was followed from that direction and stopped. A search returned 320 of the sparkling wine cases and a subsequent search of the place where the truck had stopped returned another 771.
Three people were arrested for possessing stolen property worth around 1 million rand.
Ocean View firearms confiscated. (Supplied by SAPS)
Confiscated crayfish. (SA Police Service)
River crab. (SA Police Service)
Confiscated crayfish. (SA Police Service)
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Also Thursday, while police were in the process of taking in a man in Bishop Lavis after a stolen Toyota Tazz was located, they noticed a woman “throwing a bag.”
During the inspection, mandrax tablets were found in the bag and she was also arrested.
Over the course of the week, police also found eight abandoned packages of tik (crystal methamphetamine) in the grass in Leonsdale and arrested a suspect for possession of mandrax and tik at Ruytenwacht near Goodwood.
A white Nissan Sentra that had been hijacked in Mfuleni was also found in hiding on the Clarke Estate.
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In an unrelated case, also Thursday, a 24-year-old man, believed to be a local gang member, appeared in Bishop Lavis’ Magistrates Court for allegedly dealing drugs.
High speed chase
Police had chased his VW Polo in Bonteheuwel and, after a high-speed chase, arrested him and allegedly found tik and cash in his car.
In Ocean View, also Thursday night, two unlicensed guns and ammunition were found in a residence, and two men were arrested.
While attending a shooting near a flat, three other men were arrested for alleged possession of ammunition.
On Friday, Grabouw police intercepted a shipment of crayfish and crayfish tails in plastic bags and recycled rice bags on the N2.
12,807 crayfish tails and 377 whole crayfish were seized. Two men were arrested and are expected to appear in court on Monday.
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