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Firearms amnesty period extended to May 2020
The firearms rights and advocacy group’s response comes after the police ministry’s announcement that the Firearms Amnesty period, which started this month, is on track.
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Over 200 illegal firearms surrendered since 1 December, says Police Ministry
The firearms amnesty commenced on the 1 December and will run until the end of May next year.
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Police Ministry declares firearm amnesty to return illegal, unwanted firearms
The Police Ministry has declared a firearms amnesty, which begins on Sunday until May next year.
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Gun Free SA says illegal firearms must be destroyed more often
The mass destruction of illegal firearms only happens a few times a year. But it's not enough, argues the advocacy group.
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3 suspects arrested in Mitchells Plain drugs, guns bust
Officers in Mitchells Plain were conducting operations when they received a tipoff regarding firearms and drugs that were being kept at premises in Tafelsig.
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CT man arrested for illegal firearm possession
Just after 4 am, officers on patrol in the Hague came across a group of men standing on a street corner.
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WC Community Safety to open phone lines for reporting of illegal firearms
The department says when a person reports where the illegal firearm is located, and the police successfully confiscate the firearm, then the department will pay a reward of R10,000.
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JP Smith: Where is this bottomless supply of weapons coming from?
City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security mayco member JP Smith says the city’s metro police daily crime operations are done in response to tip-offs from community members, as well as ward councillors.
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Manenberg police station rewarded for retrieving most firearms in WC
Under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, the station also arrested and successfully convicted the most number of high profile gangsters in the province.
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4 arrested in Athlone for possession of illegal firearm, ammunition
Metro police came across the four when CCTV footage picked up the suspects hiding the weapons in long grass.
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SA citizens to be given another chance to hand in illegal firearms
Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Tuesday said that it will consider a firearms amnesty following a request from the Minister of Police.
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Over 1,300 illegal firearms seized in WC in 2017
Provincial police top brass on Wednesday briefed the Standing Committee on Community Safety on the issue.
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Police arrest 6 for possession of stolen firearm outside Nasrec
The men were arrested in the parking lot at the conference venue at the weekend.
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City of CT wants high-level probe into source of illegal firearms
Metro police officers have confiscated eight illegal guns in the past two weeks.
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Cape Town police recover 8 illegal guns in 14 days
In the latest arrest, officials nabbed four suspects in Philippi East after they were found in possession of an illegal firearm and seven rounds of ammunition.
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Man arrested with explosives, unlicensed firearms
The man was also found with false number plates and money stained with blue ink on Pritchard Street on Tuesday after officers received a tip-off from community members.
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2 arrested for illegal firearm possession in CT
Metro police were on patrol in the gang-stricken Cape Town community on Tuesday morning when they made the arrests.
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CT police officials being probed over missing firearms
Police officers responsible for the internal control of firearms at two police stations are being investigated, along with their station commanders.
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Elsies River man arrested for possession of illegal firearm, drugs
The 36-year-old suspect was nabbed following a community tip-off on Thursday.
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CT man arrested for illegal firearms, ammunition possession granted bail
The 27-year-old Matthew Breet appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Tuesday following his arrest on Monday.
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Four arrested after failed bid to bribe Jozi cops
The suspects were caught with illegal firearms and ammunition when they tried to bribe officers in Doornfontein.
