Sea Point is quickly becoming hot property, the chance to stroll along the promenade and ogle at all the fitness freaks a major drawcard.

Residents will be relieved to know that one baddie has been taken off the streets, an alleged hitman taken down by the SAPS.

Here’s eNCA with all the details:

Preliminary investigation shows a firearm confiscated when an alleged gang hitman was arrested in Cape Town this week can be linked to several gang-related murders in the city, the directorate for priority crime investigation (Hawks) in the Western Cape said on Sunday..

“The Hawks have taken-over investigations of an alleged 25-year-old hitman,” spokesman Captain Lloyd Ramovha said.

The man was arrested on Friday morning near Sea Point in Cape Town after SA Police Service members on patrol stopped and searched a suspicious vehicle driving recklessly, he said.

“During the search of the vehicle members managed to seize a loaded handgun. Preliminary investigations has linked the firearm to four recent gang-related murders around Ravensmead [in Cape Town].”

The man will face charges of murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today.

[source:enca]

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