Police have lost control of SA’s firearms. According to information, the police’s central firearm register is in total chaos. The SA Firearms and Ammunition Traders Association claims that the police allow computer programs and software licenses to expire and that electronic contact between SAPS and merchants is not properly implemented. Brig. Vishnu Naidoo did not..
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It is the new South Africa, nothing is impossible anymore! – SAPS loses control of firearms
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Stolen guns found buried in back yard of a Port Elizabeth shack Five hunting rifles and a handgun were stolen from a game farm in Steytlerville
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Three stolen hunting rifles from Wolwefontein were found buried in the backyard of a shack in Greenbushes on Friday The firearms were part of a collection of five rifles and one handgun stolen from a game farm in the Steytlerville area last weekend. Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the bust came after a farm..
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Firearms stolen during attack on police station
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Police in the Eastern Cape launched a big search after four armed men robbed the Kareedouw police station on Saturday morning at 01:30. Capt. Police spokesperson Gerda Swart said the men entered the police station and attacked the constable on duty. “The suspects removed firearms from the safe and a police handheld,” she said. “The..
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Constable arrested for theft of 18 guns at police station
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A constable from Bellville South police station in Cape Town has been arrested over the theft of 18 guns being held as crime exhibits. The 34-year-old constable‚ who was arrested by the Hawks’ National Bureau for Illegal Firearms Control and Priority Violent Crime‚ is expected to appear in Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday‚ said Hawks..
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Time’s up for firearm owners who fail to renew licences – Owners can now be deemed to be in illegal possession of the guns
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As many as 400 000 gun owners who failed to renew their firearm licences on time will have to get rid of their guns or hand them over to the police‚ as they are now deemed to be in illegal possession of the guns.
The Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld an appeal by the minister of Safety and Security by dismissing a high court order which had declared that two sections of the Firearms Control Act of 2000 were constitutionally invalid.
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Sixteen firearms stolen during farm invasion in Waterval Boven
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Sixteen firearms were stolen from a house at Matekula farm in Watverval Boven on May 10.
According to an official statement by the South African Police Service (SAPS) they are still searching for the three suspects that allegedly forced their way into the home through a window.
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Renting out firearms and ammunition to criminals, man arrested
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In the early hours of Friday morning 19 January 2018, an intelligence driven operation was conducted by Durban Public Order Police Unit and Pietermaritzburg Flying Squad members that led to the arrest and the recovery of firearms. Police pounced on a suspect (44) at his homestead in Phumekhaya Road, Isithumba Reserve in the Inchanga policing..
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Arms smugglers caught red handed with AK47 rifles and ammunition near Komatipoort border
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Two suspects were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning during an intelligence-driven operation comprising of various disciplines of the SAPS, both from police Head Office as well as Limpopo Province. The team followed up on intelligence that two suspects, aged 17 and 35 years, were smuggling arms into South Africa through the border..
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3 500 uncertified police officers are still carrying and using their firearms
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Police and firearms should go hand in hand safely, right? Well, for thousands of officers it may go hand in hand, even if it’s not legally. The Democratic Alliance’s Shadow Deputy Minister of Police, Dianne Kohler Barnard, is bringing attention a reply from a parliamentary question asked to the Minister of Police The reply revealed..
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Mbalula warns crime intelligence over its own ‘criminal’ elements
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has warned the country’s crime intelligence unit that he is going after rogue elements within it, and that they are not immune to the law. News24 can reveal that it is suspected that rogue crime intelligence activities are linked to, among other matters, the underworld nightclub security takeover which has resulted..
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Business burglary – approximately 50 pistols stolen
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Employees of a business specializing in farming materials made a shocking discovery on the morning of 4 September 2017. On arrival at the business premises it was found that unknown suspects gained access to the business. The premises houses a gun dealership as well and then it was found that a safe was accessed. Approximately..
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Weapons disappear from Western Cape police station
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Several firearms, serving as evidence in criminal cases, went missing from a Bellville South police station storage room. The police are investigating the disappearance, and a possible connection is also being investigated with the surge of violent gang operations in the Western Cape. Apparently, as many as 20 weapons are gone, although the police do..
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National firearms investigation – SAPS could be liable for crimes committed with stolen police guns
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Cape Town – Police are in a catch-22 situation involving a mammoth national firearms investigation, because if they link stolen police guns to shootings, they could be held liable for the crimes. Senior Western Cape policeman Major-General Jeremy Vearey, involved in the guns probe, outlines this dilemma in an affidavit. A booklet, written by one..
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Safe full of weapons found in Hotazel near Kuruman in the Northen Cape
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The police in Kuruman have recovered a safe with firearms in the bushes at Hotazel outside Kuruman on 26 July 2017, late in the afternoon. The safe was found by community members who were collecting firewood. The safe was containing various caliber firearms and various assorted rounds of rounds of ammunition. The rounds found are..
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More Weapons Looted from Government Sources: Is there a reason?
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This has not been a particularly good Easter weekend for the authorities. Early on Good Friday morning several criminals raided 9 SA Infantry Battalion’s base in Khayelitsha, and escaped with six R4 automatic rifles and ammunition. Later the same day a report in the Daily Dispatch surfaced about a Dimbaza SAPS constable who is on..
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