Western Cape police have arrested a man who was in possession of the gun that was allegedly used to kill a senior police officer.

• Western Cape police arrested a man who was in possession of the gun that was allegedly used to kill investigator Charl Kinnear last year.
• The man had been hiding in a flat in Elsie’s River, a suburb close to where Kinnear was killed.   
• It is alleged that he tried to throw the gun away while fleeing.  

Police have arrested a man who was in possession of the firearm that was allegedly used in the murder of Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear in Cape Town.
The man had been hiding in a flat in Elsie’s River – a suburb situated close to Kinnear’s Bishop Lavis home, where he was killed in September last year.
During Friday night’s arrest, the man allegedly threw the gun onto a roof as he tried to flee from police, it emerged in information contained in a crime report which was submitted to Western Cape police bosses.
The operation involved the organised crime national task team, special task force members, the Hawks and the Anti-Gang Unit.  
A 9mm pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition in the magazine, and a small bag of tik was recovered during Friday’s operation.
The crime report stated that the suspect was a member of a Cape Town gang.
Sources close to the investigation, who have knowledge of the city’s underworld, confirmed the arrest.
Rugby player-turned-private investigator, Zane Kilian, is in custody in connection with Kinnear’s murder.
It’s alleged that he tracked Kinnear via his cellphone for months.
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The arrest was part of a wider swoop on firearms in Cape Town. 
Western Cape acting provincial commissioner Major General Thembisile Patekile said in a statement on Friday evening that police were tracing a suspect in Avonwood, Elsies River.
“Upon their arrival at the address, they saw a suspect with a firearm in his hand. He fled in an effort to evade arrest, but police caught up with him.
“The suspect, aged 39, is facing charges of possession of a prohibited firearm, ammunition and drugs,” Patekile said.
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