On Friday 27 September 2019, late at night, a roadblock was conducted on the R30 (Orkney – Bothaville) road. During the roadblock, 12 undocumented persons aged between 22 and 52 were arrested after a white bakkie was stopped and searched.
The suspects were arrested after three firearms were found in their vehicle during the search. They were all charged with possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Preliminary investigations revealed that that one of the recovered firearms was stolen from a murdered security guard at a local mine in Orkney in July 2019, while the second firearm was reportedly stolen from a security guard in August 2019 at an Eskom premises in Orkney. Although the third firearm is licensed in East London, indications are that the owner had passed away.
It was in the same roadblock that three more suspects, aged between 20 and 32 were arrested for possession of drugs that included 12 bricks of suspected crack cocaine with estimated street value of R30 000.00. The police have since confiscated the drugs.
All 15 suspects are expected to appear before the Orkney Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 30 September 2019.
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