Within four hours of receiving information about an alleged robbery gang gathering for a possible heist, police units in Gqeberha had them surrounded and executed a plan that saw eight suspects arrested and seven illegal firearms removed from the streets.
A traumatic ordeal at the hands of an infamous robbery gang galvanised a Gqeberha woman into becoming a formidable force among some of the city’s top private security operatives.
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Despite Nelson Mandela Bay police recovering 150 illegal firearms over the past three months, experts believe it is a drop in the ocean as there seems to be a constant flow of firearms into SA’s criminal underbelly.
A robbery gang that has been targeting high-end properties on the outskirts of Nelson Mandela Bay could be linked to a syndicate that has been using the same modus operandi in remote areas of the Western Cape for more than five years.