Cops recover firearms, ammo, stolen vehicle
Earlier in the week, he said four people were arrested on charges of possession of stolen motor vehicle and possession of unlicensed firearm.
A stolen vehicle, firearms and multiple rounds of ammunition were recovered by officers of the Tshwane SAPS flying squad in Saulsville, west of Pretoria, on Thursday.
Spokesperson Sergeant Alfred Legodi said the white Nissan NP200, valued at an estimated R75 000, was recovered at a house in Mohwelere Street.
“While at the premises, officers searched a shack behind the house and found two firearms,” he said.
The firearms were said to be a 9mm Norrico Star valued at R3 000, while the other was a 38 Smith and Wilson Special Flying Wheel valued at R4 000.
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Legodi said 62 rounds of live ammunition were also recovered.
Earlier in the week, he said four people were arrested on charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
“The vehicle was taken during a house robbery,” he said, adding that it was recovered along Mogale Street in Ga-Rankuwa Zone 1.
The vehicle was a white Toyota Quantum valued at an estimated R350 000, while the unlicensed firearm was said to have been a cloned black pistol.
A day earlier, Legodi said officers also recovered a silver Mercedes Benz C200.
“The vehicle was reported as hijacked at the Rietgat police station,” he said.
The recovered vehicle was found at a house in block P in Soshanguve.
“No suspects were found at the scene,” Legodi said.
He said that a car-jamming device was found in the house where the vehicle was recovered.
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