NORTHERN CAPE – Kimberley based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation members travelled to East London in the Eastern Cape Province after the team received information that there were unlicensed firearms at a certain house in Amalinda.

Information was operationalised and assistance was requested from the Hawks in East London and Local Criminal Record Centre. A search and seizure warrant was secured and executed on 11 February 2023.

The team searched the identified property and two 9mm pistols with a total of 167 rounds of ammunition and four mandrax tablets were recovered hidden in the bottom of a washing machine. An enquiry docket was opened for further investigation.

Source: South African Police Service