Crack cocaine and stolen firearm recovered

Police arrested a man in Ntuzuma who was found with gun that had been stolen during a house robbery in Pinetown.

A GUN that was suspected to have been stolen during a Pinetown house robbery was recovered in Ntuzuma.

KZN police spokesman, Col Jay Naicker, said KwaMashu police were performing crime prevention duties when they received information of drugs at a premises in Sitheku Road.

“They searched the house and recovered ten pieces of crack cocaine with a street value of R1 000. A .38 revolver with four rounds of live ammunition were also recovered from the house.

“A 38-year-old man was arrested for possession of drugs as well as for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition,” said Naicker.

The man will appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court.

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