NGCOBO – Vispol members continue to embark on operations which seeks to fight any form of criminal activities in the District.

Members were conducting their daily routine duties, patrolling along Clarkebury area, when the received information about a suspect who is in possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

Members operationalised the information and the suspect was traced. A search led to the recovery of a firearm and eight live rounds of ammunition. The suspect could not to produce a valid license for the firearm.

A case of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition was opened and the suspect will appear before Ngcobo Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 28 March 2022.

The Acting District Commissioner, Brigadier Zuziwe Magqashela, commended members for their vigilance.

Source: South African Police Service