Three unlicensed firearms and 25 kilograms of dagga were confiscated during a recent operation conducted by the Ilembe cluster task team and public order police near Ndwedwe.
Police arrested two men in different homesteads at Malangeni Reserve.
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A 31-year-old man was found with a revolver and one round of ammunition, and a 49-year-old man was found with a revolver, a pistol with three rounds of ammunition and dagga in his possession.
The firearms had the serial numbers filed off. Both men were charged for possession of unlicensed firearms.
A possession of dagga charge was added to the 49-year-old man.
They appeared in the KwaDukuza Magistrates’ Court on 15 June and were detained in police custody.
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