Overview

• The Western Cape Operational Coordination Combat Team executed an intelligence-led search at a Bellville flat.
• Officers seized six AK-47 rifles, eight 9mm pistols and ammunition from the premises.
• The suspects could not produce valid licences or permits for the firearms, according to police.
• All eight men are expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate's Court once formally charged.
• Police reported preliminary information that the cache came from KwaZulu-Natal, and local media say the acting police minister is expected to meet senior officials to finalise a strategy on gun violence, while separate weekend operations in Brown's Farm and Delft led to additional firearm arrests.