Boksburg North SAPS successes

Boksburg North SAPS, under the command of Lt-Col Thembi Skhosana, seized a firearm and ammunition on March 11 during the station’s crime prevention duties in its policing precinct.

March 16, 2022

Tayla Smit 1 minute read

Boksburg North SAPS members Sgt Martin Rikhotso, WO Jaco van der Mescht, Sgt Heinreich Bester, Lt-Col Thembi Skhosana, Sgt Pretty Ndlovu and Sgt Solomon Hlengane. Photo: Supplied.

According to Boksburg North SAPS spokesperson Const Justice Ramaube, while on duty, some of the members noticed three men, suspected to be illegal miners, in the vicinity of Main Reef Road.

“Police gave chase. The men ran in different directions when realising police are on their heels.

“However, during that period, police discovered an abandoned Zabala double-barrel shotgun with ammunition and confiscated it as per the Firearm Control Act 60 of 2000,” said Ramaube.

The Zabala double-barrel shotgun that was confiscated.

He added no arrests were made, but preliminary investigations revealed the shotgun was reported stolen in Germiston on October 14, 2020.

Furthermore, the station’s operations yielded productive results whereby several people were searched and motorists issued with fines for being in contravention of the National Road Traffic Act.

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