A 19-year-old learner from a school in Claremont has been arrested for the possession of an illegal firearm.
According to police spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk, members attached to Claremont SAPS were on duty when they received a tip-off about a pupil with a firearm at a school.
Van Wyk said, the officers then proceeded to the school and searched all the males in the mentioned classroom and their belongings, but could not find anything.
“After they left the school, they received a call to say that a pistol was found hidden behind a compartment in the room next door. They returned and retrieved the firearm from where it was found,” Van Wyk said.
Van Wyk further mentioned that the further investigation led the officers to a 19-year-old learner who admitted that he was the one with the firearm.
“He was subsequently arrested for the possession of a prohibited firearm. A firearm with no serial was seized and handed in as an exhibit,” Van Wyk added.
Once charged, the suspect will make his first court appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court.
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