THREE suspects have been arrested after officers on a routine patrol stopped and searched a vehicle on Monty Naicker Street in the Durban CBD on Sunday (September 22).
Police also recovered two firearms, ammunition and a knife in the arrest.
“Police officers were conducting patrol duties when they stopped and searched a vehicle with three occupants. During the search, police found two pistols, whose serial numbers were filed off, three rounds of ammunition and a knife. Their vehicle was also impounded for further investigations,” explained provincial SAPS spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
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The suspects, aged between 24 and 28 years old, will appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, September 25.
Arrest linked to protection order
On Friday last week, Berea police also proceeded to serve a protection order to a respondent in Milne Road, Durban.
The order stated that the respondent was a licensed firearm owner and that his licensed firearm had to be seized and kept for safekeeping.
“The police member then noticed a packet inside the safe and requested to examine the packet because the respondent was ‘behaving nervously’. Upon searching the packet, one Norinco 9mm pistol with 54 live rounds of ammunition; two unique 22 pistols with 44 rounds of ammunition; and one Rossi 38 special revolver with 17 rounds were found to be in the packet,” the police said in a statement.
Arrest linked to stabbing incident
In another incident, a man was reportedly stabbed multiple times in an incident on Sandile Thusi Road on Sunday (September 22) evening.
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The man managed to alert security guards on Florida Road in the incident and was treated and stabilised on the scene by KZN Emergency Medical Services.
Ensure Security spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said it was unclear what led to the stabbing.
“The facts surrounding the incident and the events preceding it are unclear and will form the subject of a South African Police Services investigation,” he said.
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