Philippi man arrested for possession of drugs, weapons allegedly used in extortion

CAPE TOWN - Police have arrested a man in Philippi in possession of drugs, ammunition, and weapons, including an AK47 assault rifle, apparently used in extortion related crimes.
 
Members of the Anti-Economical and Extortion Crime Task Team, nabbed the 24-year-old on Wednesday morning.
 
Officers received a tip-off about firearms that were being stored at a premises in Samora Machel.
 
“They operationalised the information and ensued with a search of the identified premises. They found an AK47 assault rifle with 45 rounds of ammunition, five shotgun rounds, a 9mm pistol, 16 mandrax tablets and 36 packets containing crystal meth in the informal dwelling,” said the police's Wesley Twigg.