Africa-Press – South-Africa. Gauteng police have arrested two suspected gang members who were linked to a murder in Riverlea earlier in April.
In a statement on Sunday, police said the alleged gang-affiliated suspects, who have reportedly been terrorising the Riverlea community in Johannesburg, were arrested on Friday.
The arrests were made during an intelligence-driven operation by provincial Organised Crime Investigations, Johannesburg District Crime Intelligence, the Anti-Gang Unit, and members from the Langlaagte police station.
According to police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridili, during the arrest operation at the “suspects’ hideouts”, police allegedly recovered clothing that was believed to have been taken during a murder in Riverlea in April 2022, where a man was shot and killed.
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“The police also seized an unlicenced firearm and ammunition, which has been identified as stolen in Johannesburg in January 2021.
“The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic tests,” Muridili said.
One of the suspects has also allegedly been positively linked with two cases of murder that occurred in the Langlaagte policing precinct, while the other was only linked to one of the two murders.
The suspects are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
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