{"id":33056,"date":"2021-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=5540ac720341510590889528c71c01c6"},"modified":"2021-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:00:00","slug":"police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The commitment of police officers led to the arrest of two suspects on Friday (2021-10-15) when they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition for which they did not possess a valid licence. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Woodstock police were busy with crime prevention duties doing stop and searched operation in the hotspot areas. As they approached an unknown man, he dropped an object in a nearby dustbin and fled the scene with police members in pursuit. Upon inspection the police members found a firearm with ammunition. The 38-year-old man, was arrested and detained.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated matter Wynberg Police members followed up on information about a wanted suspect for assault with the intention to cause grievously bodily harm (GBH). Upon arrival they spotted a vehicle parked close to the address. The members approached the vehicle and searched the occupants. One male was found in possession of pistol and ammunition. The 38-year-old man was arrested and detained as he could not provide a valid licence to be in possession of the mentioned firearm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Once charged the suspects are expected to make their respective court appearances in the Cape Town and Wynberg Magistrate court respectively on charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The commitment of police officers led to the arrest of two suspects on Friday (2021-10-15) when they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition for which they did not possess a valid licence. Woodstock police were busy with crime prevention du&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The commitment of police officers led to the arrest of two suspects on Friday (2021-10-15) when they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition for which they did not possess a valid licence. Woodstock police were busy with crime prevention du...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Times South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TSA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TSA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TSA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1\"},\"headline\":\"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Legal Judicial\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\",\"name\":\"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\",\"name\":\"Times South Africa\",\"description\":\"Where Africa Comes First\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Times South Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"Times South Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1\",\"name\":\"TSA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TSA\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/author\/tsa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa","og_description":"The commitment of police officers led to the arrest of two suspects on Friday (2021-10-15) when they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition for which they did not possess a valid licence. Woodstock police were busy with crime prevention du...","og_url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/","og_site_name":"Times South Africa","article_published_time":"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00","author":"TSA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TSA","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/"},"author":{"name":"TSA","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1"},"headline":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition","datePublished":"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/"},"wordCount":213,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Legal Judicial"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/","name":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition - Times South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-members-recovered-two-firearms-with-ammunition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police members recovered two firearms with ammunition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/","name":"Times South Africa","description":"Where Africa Comes First","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#organization","name":"Times South Africa","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22.png","width":200,"height":57,"caption":"Times South Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b17cd6e128204bbcfbfa7ed541048b1","name":"TSA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TSA"},"url":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/author\/tsa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}