KwaZulu-Natal: Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested three suspects who are believed to be members of a local criminal gang after they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition at Bester in Inanda on Thursday, 24 April 2025.
According to South African Police Service, Trio Task Team members from Ntuzuma and Newlands East executed an intelligence-led operation, which directed them to a house in the Mzomusha area at Bester. During the operation, police found a group of young men inside the house. Upon searching them, two were found to be in possession of firearms, while the third had ammunition.
The three suspects were immediately arrested for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. They have already been linked with several murder cases allegedly committed at Bester and around Inanda.
The suspects, aged between 18 and 22 years, are set to appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.