South Africa

Western Cape MEC Urges Swift Recovery of Stolen Firearms from Mitchells Plain Police Station

today23 January, 2024

Background

Western Cape MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen, has called for the immediate retrieval of 15 firearms and eight imitation weapons stolen from Mitchells Plain Police Station. The incident, discovered in November last year, involved a police officer, who has since been arrested and dismissed. He is due in court on 2 February. Allen calls for more charges if the stolen firearms were used in crimes.

 

28 April 2022. Cape Town. Minister of Community service, Reagan Allen, at his new office in Cape Town. Photo by Ruvan Boshoff

Written by: Leonard Witbeen