Western Cape police have arrested a 62-year-old man suspected to be behind an arms cache warehouse in an industrial area in Malmesbury on the West Coast.
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“The suspect, a naturalised South African of German descent, was charged for possession of unlicensed firearms, ammunition and in terms of aspects of the Firearms Control Act, ” said Novela Potelwa.
Malmesbury police followed up on information in the area which led them to the locked-up warehouse in an industrial area where they uncovered an arms cache comprising rifles, 9mm pistols, an assortment of rounds of ammunition, and other heavy weapon artillery.