The war that police are currently waging against illegal firearms and ammunition resulted in over 40 arrests being made and over 40 firearms confiscated during recent operations in the province.
During intelligence-driven operations conducted from February 24 until March 2, police officers raided several homesteads in various clusters including Ethekwini, Umgungundlovu, Umkhanyakude, Umzinyathi, King Cetshwayo, Uthukela and Zululand.
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A total of 42 illegal firearms and 624 rounds of ammunition were confiscated. The recovered firearms include 38 handguns, two homemade firearms and one shotgun.
43 suspects linked to these firearms were arrested. They all appeared in various courts around the province, facing charges of possession of illegal firearms and ammunition.
The firearms will be subjected to ballistic tests to establish if they were used in any other crimes in the province.
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