Suspects nabbed with firearm and stolen livestock
The suspects will stand trial for being in possession of stolen stock and an unlicensed pistol
Warrant Officer Basheer Ahmed Khan
Police Spokesperson
Last Wednesday evening, Amangwe Visible Policing and Stock Theft Units embarked on a joint operation when they received information. The informant stated that two males were driving cattle at Nyezane area and the officers made their way there.
Once there, they found that the suspects had already crossed into the Ngonyameni area. They were still driving the cattle. Witty officers waited for them at a secluded location along the way and upon searching them they recovered a pistol and ammunition; the pistol was unlicensed.
Seven cattle were also recovered, which were stolen in Emmaus, Bergville. The suspects will stand trial for being in possession of stolen stock and an unlicensed pistol. Whilst busy with the same operation, officers searched two homesteads in the Slimangamehlo and Emnyangeni areas.
Dagga weighing 83.38 kg in total was recovered. A male and a female were arrested for being in possession of dagga.
The dagga is valued at R126 000. All the suspects appeared in the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, September 8.
