The ongoing Festive Season joint operations in the Vhembe District, comprising the Provincial Crime Intelligence Unit, Thohoyandou Crime Intelligence Unit, Polokwane Tactical Response Team (TRT) with Vhembe First Responder Team (FRT) and Vhembe District Detectives led to the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect and a 65-year-old Traditional healer for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition yesterday, on 21 December 2020 at about 02:00. The members operationalised information received about the existence of illegal firearms in a house at Madimbo village in the Tshamutumbu policing area. On arrival at the said premises, and the suspect managed to evade arrest after a shootout with the police. No one was injured and a case of attempted murder was opened at Tshamutumbu police station.