Somali shopkeepers nabbed with guns

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Published Aug 27, 2015

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Cape Town – Four Somalians have been arrested for the possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition, Western Cape police said in a statement.

The police were responding to a business robbery that happened in Harare, Khayelitsha.

On Monday, at about 10am, four suspects, pretending to be customers, robbed the shop of an undisclosed amount of cash, cigarettes and airtime said police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana.

One of them used a firearm to force the Somalians to open the burglar bars. They drove off in a white Isuzu bakkie.

The following day, on Tuesday, police revisited the scene of the crime.

According to Rxewana, the police searched the Somalian who had reported the robbery as he was “acting suspiciously”. They discovered a firearm with 12 rounds of live ammunition.

The 41-year-old was arrested and is expected to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s court on Thursday on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Police are still searching for the four suspects who robbed the Somalians’ business premises.

In another incident on Wednesday, Mfuleni police responded to information and searched business premises in Burundi Squatter Camp, Mfuleni.

A 38 special firearm with eight rounds of ammunition was found. Three Somalians, aged between 24 and 27 years old, were arrested and will be charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

They will appear at Blue Downs Magistrate Court on Friday, said Rwexana.

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