{"id":37470,"date":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=c6ccf03434aaebcb034ac0cd5e33a510"},"modified":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","slug":"nine-to-appear-in-court-for-unlawful-possession-of-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/nine-to-appear-in-court-for-unlawful-possession-of-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine to appear in court for unlawful possession of firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nine suspects are to appear before the Durban Magistrate\u2019s Court after they were found in possessions of five pistols and ammunition.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Monday, the South African Police Service said the suspects aged between 27 and 47-years old where found in possession of the guns and ammunition on Sunday.<\/p>\n
This after KwaZulu-Natal police officers from the Provincial Trio and Vehicle Task Team received information about suspicious individuals travelling in a bakkie with no registration plates along the Isipingo Old Main Road.<\/p>\n
Police intercepted the vehicle and upon searching it, police found the pistols and ammunition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was established that two of the pistols had their serial numbers filed off and one of the pistols belonged to a deceased person. The suspects will be profiled to establish if they are linked other criminal cases. The firearms were seized and will be subjected to ballistic testing,\u201d said police.<\/p>\n
The suspects are expected to appear in court on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nine suspects are to appear before the Durban Magistrate\u2019s Court after they were found in possessions of five pistols and ammunition.In a statement on Monday, the South African Police Service said the suspects aged between 27 and 47-years old where fou…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n