Four suspects arrested with firearms and stolen property during Stop-and-Search

25 July 2018 | From Arrive Alive


On 20 July 2018, Harding police conducted an operation in their policing area which led to the arrest of four suspects aged between 29 and 35, recovered suspected stolen property, three unlicensed firearms with a total of 46 rounds of ammunition. During an operation, police spotted a vehicle with four occupants driving along Musgrave Road and were instructed to stop. A search was conducted and suspects were found with three pistols with their serial numbers filed off, a number of ammunitions, cash and suspected stolen property. 

The suspects were also linked to a number of robberies which had occurred in the Port Edward policing precinct and Mzamba area, Eastern Cape Province. Suspects were charged for possession of unlicensed firearms, possession of ammunitions and possession of suspected stolen property. They appeared in the Ezinqoleni Magistrates’ Court yesterday and were remanded in custody. They were then transferred to the Eastern Cape where they are appearing in the Bizana Magistrates’ Court today facing a charge of robbery. The confiscated firearms will be subjected for ballistic testing to ascertain if they were used in the commission of crime.

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