Members of the Garden Route Crime Combatting Team deployed in George arrested a 39-year-old man on Saturday night after confiscating an unlicensed firearm and ammunition from his residence.
On Saturday, 23 May 2026, at approximately 22:45, the members were conducting patrols when they received information about unlicensed firearms being kept at a residence. The team, in conjunction with the George Crime Prevention Unit, operationalised the information and descended on a house at a residential housing estate near the N2 at the entrance to George from Wilderness.
A search of the premises led the team to the bedroom, where police found a pistol, a gas pistol, and 7.65 mm rounds. Police confiscated the pistols and 29 rounds of ammunition.
The occupant of the residence was unable to produce a licence for his possession of the firearm and ammunition. He was subsequently arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The 39-year-old suspect remains in police custody and is expected to make his first court appearance in the George Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 25 May 2026.
