Two people are expected to appear in court this week after several items belonging to SAPS were found in their possession.
Police in Gauteng confiscated protective gear and helmets during a crime prevention operation in several buildings which were flagged in Hillbrow.
Members found 24 police helmets, 12 riot shields and drugs including dagga, abandoned in a storeroom.
Police visited several buildings where high volumes of contact crime have been reported.
A total of 22 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested as well as two suspects for the possession and dealing in drugs and three for a business robbery.
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has called for an urgent investigation by a team of seasoned investigators at provincial level to establish how protective gear used by the Public Order Police landed in the wrong hands.
