Speeding driver arrested with ‘submachine gun’

The driver of a vehicle stopped by Western Cape police, who saw it speeding, is expected to appear in court soon after allegedly being found in possession of a submachine gun and ammunition.

Clanwilliam police patrolling the N7 spotted the vehicle “driving at high speed in the direction of Cape Town” in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

“The members gave chase and stopped the vehicle. Upon searching the vehicle and the occupant, they confiscated an Uzi firearm and ammunition,” police spokesperson W/O Joseph Swartbooi said yesterday.

“The man was arrested and detained on a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.”

And in a separate bust on Wednesday, police in Delft, on the outskirts of Cape Town, stopped and searched a 16-year-old male and confiscated an unlicensed 9mm pistol and ammunition. The suspects are expected to appear in the Clanwilliam and Bellville magistrate’s courts.