Police Recover Rifles and Over 80 Bullets in Roodepoort

The Gauteng Organised Crime Tracing Team and Police Emergency Services Flexi arrested a 36-year-old man after he was found with two rifles, an AK-47 and 308 semi-automatic. 

He was also found with more than eighty rounds of ammunition in Roodepoort on January 5. 

Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, Gauteng police spokesperson said they received information about unlicensed firearms being harboured at a certain house in Roodepoort.

“A team of two police units was mobilised to follow up on information. As they searched the house, the police found one AK-47 rifle, one 308 semi-automatic rifle, one magazine and more than 80 live rounds of ammunition,” said Masondo. 

He said the man who was found in the house was arrested and charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. 

The suspect is expected to appear before Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in due course.

Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, applauded the team for acting swiftly after receiving the information. 

“The firearms will be taken for ballistic tests to establish if they were used in the commission of other crimes,” concluded Masondo.