Vendor held with semi automatic pistol

Jul 15, 2008 News

– pump action shotgun found at Mackenzie

The security forces recovered two illegal firearms in two separate findings last Sunday.
One of the firearms was found at Amelia’s Ward while the other was recovered from a vendor at the Bartica Stelling.

According to a police press release, at about 13:10 hours on Sunday, surveyors working at Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, found a 12-gauge Mosberg pump action shotgun among some bushes. The firearm was handed over to the police who are conducting investigations.

And a little less than six hours later, at about 19:00 hours, members of a Joint Services mobile patrol conducted a search on a vendor who was operating at the Transport and Harbours Department Stelling at Bartica.

An unlicensed .32 CZ semi automatic pistol along with a magazine containing nine matching rounds were found in his possession. He was arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.