DURBAN – An intelligence driven operation was conducted this morning at Alexandra policing area to search for the outstanding suspects that are terrorising the residents of Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas.

The SAPS team which has been tracing these gangs received information of the whereabouts of the gang. The team operationalised the information and went to a lodge that is situated on Woodhouse Road not far from where seven suspects were fatally wounded last week.

The team pounced on unsuspecting males and four were placed under arrest. Each suspect was found in possession of an illegal pistol with rounds of ammunition. They are aged between 18 and 30. The arrested suspects are linked to a string of murder cases that were committed in the Pietermaritzburg, Imbali, Richmond, Bergville as well as robbery, rape and assault with the purpose to inflict grievous bodily harm. The suspects will appear in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

The Pietermaritzburg District was engulfed with murder cases which have been executed by the same gang. They are linked to the ongoing gang that is operating in the areas.

“We will not rest until we arrest all those that are linked in causing the instability in the Pietermaritzburg and in the province. Our operations are still on-going and all those that are involved in these criminal acts including those high profile individuals (business people and politicians) will be arrested. We will not rest until there is peace and stability in our province,” said the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

Source: South African Police Service