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A former soldier has been arrested after several allegedly illegal firearms and ammunition were found at his Eastern Cape farm on Friday.
In a joint operation with East London s Public Order Policing officers, as well as the Mantsane Firearms Liquor and Second Hand goods team and members of the East London Local Criminal Record Centre, the Hawks Crimes Against The State team in East London arrested the 58-year-old ex-soldier on his Berlin farm.
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Officers made the arrest after they received a tip-off, according to Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela.
The soldier, a former South African Defence Force (SADF) employee, is said to be the owner of a private school in Berlin.