In concerted efforts to deal with criminality, Malmesbury police followed up information in the area which led them to a locked-up warehouse in an industrial area in Malmesbury on the West Coast on Thursday evening where they uncovered an arms cache comprising rifles, 9mm pistols, an assortment of rounds of ammunition and other heavy weapon artillery. A 62-year-old suspect was subsequently arrested.
After spending two days scouring the scene, the police contingent comprising crime scene experts, organised crime and Hawks detectives, firearms and explosives experts as well as local police, the following was accounted for and booked in as part of evidence:
*44 firearms (comprising nine rifles, handguns, a cannon and pistols)
*11 firearm parts (considered firearms in terms of the Firearms Control Act)
*Two full LDV loads of an assortment of rounds of ammunition
*Substantial quantities of gunpowder
*Numerous boxes used for storage of firearm magazines
The suspect, a naturalised South…
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