Trio arrested for hunting rifles, panga’s and camouflage trousers

According to a police report, the arrest was conducted last Thursday afternoon by Acornhoek Cluster members who were conducting an operation at Calcutta policing area.

They stopped and searched an old Isuzu bakkie with three occupants, and police found a 303 hunting riffle with no serial number, an axe, a panga, a silencer, six rounds of a 303 rifle and a pair of camouflage trousers.

The trio from Belfast were identified as Louis Mhlaba (62), Lodrick Mashabane (25) and Morne Mathebula (35).

They were arrested and appeared before the Mkhuhlu Magistrate’s Court and granted R1 000 bail each. Their case was remanded to 28 August 2017.