The Hawks in Gauteng have arrested two suspects for manufacturing and selling guns in Westdene and Sophiatown in Johannesburg in the early hours of 16 September.
An operation, which was conducted following information received from an informer, saw the Hawks members raiding a house at 3rd Avenue. They found 12 completed pipe guns, 39 live rounds of a shotgun, 78 live rounds of a .38 revolver, 222 live rounds of a handgun as well as one .38 revolver and one handgun. Also found was 4.559kg of dagga.
In another house on 5th Avenue the Hawks members confiscated 138 live rounds of a .38 revolver, 24 live rounds of a shotgun, eight completed pipe guns and one live round of a handgun. The suspects, aged 64 and 30 years, allegedly sold each pipe gun together with 10 live rounds of a shotgun for R650. They will appear before the Newlands Magistrates’ Court.
Court on 17 September.
