According to Clifford Shongwe, EMPD spokesman, the members arrived at the house at 5.30am following information they received from a community member on an alleged AK-47 at the premises.
Instead of an AK-47, the EMPD members found mortars, grenades and detonators at the house.
A 46-year-old man was arrested and taken to the Springs Police Station.
“It is suspected that the explosives were illegally obtained,” says Shongwe.
Capt Johannes Ramphora, Springs police spokesman, says the explosives were removed by the SAPS Explosives Unit.
“An unlicensed .303 rifle was also found at the house,” says Ramphora.
The suspect will face charges of illegal possession of explosives, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
He will appear in the Springs Magistrate’s Court soon.
