Sixty four firearms and ammunition were seized during a police operation in the Uthukela, Umzinyathi and King Cetshwayo Clusters.

Police officers from Public Order Police in KwaZulu-Natal, Tactical Response Team with the Provincial Task Team conducted  the operations aimed at eradicating the proliferation of firearms in the province

Suspects were arrested within the Ezakheni, Amangwe, Ladysmith Upper Tugela, Estcourt, Weneen, Msinga, Matimatolo, Kranskop Greytown, Esikhaleni, Empangeni Richards Bay and Nkandla police stations for murder, kidnapping, attempted murder, robbery, housebreaking and theft, malicious damage to property, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, possession of drugs as well as possession of suspected stolen property, police said.
Rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers with a total of 385 rounds of ammunition were confiscated from the suspects and others were found abandoned. Eight stolen motor vehicles and more than five kilograms of cocaine were recovered. Suspects were charged and they appeared in different magistrates courts. Recovered firearms will be subjected for ballistic testing to determine if they were used in any other crime in the country.

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