East London police in the Eastern Cape arrested five notorious armed robbers, aged between 19 and 32, in Mdantsane NU-5 on Monday.
Captain Nkosikho Mzuku said police also confiscated two firearms during the intelligence driven operation.
Police pounced on the suspects in the early hours of Monday morning and confiscated two 9mm pistols, a pellet-gun, 15 rounds of ammunition and stolen cell phones.
Mzuku said two suspects were charged with illegal possession of firearms and the other three were charged with possession of suspected stolen goods.
One of the suspects is a Somalian national.
Mzuku said the firearms will be sent for ballistic tests, to establish if they had been used in any criminal act.
The five men are expected to appear in the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
-African News Agency (ANA)
