Pretoria – Police have arrested two Mozambican men in connection with the fatal shooting of two police officers in Ivory Park and recovered the guns that were taken from them.
Following the murders of Sergeant Rapetsoa and Constable Montja, who were attached to the Ivory Park police station, the police sought the killers, and the missing state issued firearms.
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Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, on Monday, 1 December 2025, said an intelligence-driven operation led to the recovery of two SAPS firearms.
Crime intelligence officers and members of the Sedibeng Tactical Response Team (TRT) led the HAWKS to Tembisa and Mamelodi East.
In Mamelodi, police recovered one SAPS-issued 9mm pistol and an SAPS R5 rifle with several rounds of ammunition.
“The firearms have been positively identified as those belonging to the two police officers who were shot and killed in Ivory Park, Johannesburg, on Friday evening,” said Brigadier Mathe.
As investigations continue into the murder of the two police officers, the suspects will, for now, only face a charge of being in the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The search for other suspects and the other 9mm state pistol continues.
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Fannie Masemola, has applauded the team for working tirelessly and moving with speed to find the stolen firearms and those responsible for the murders of the two police officers.
