{"id":46777,"date":"2026-01-06T02:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46777"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:39:15","slug":"police-recover-ak-47s-ammunition-roodepoort-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/police-recover-ak-47s-ammunition-roodepoort-man-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recover AK-47&#8217;s, ammunition in Roodepoort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Police received information about unlicensed firearms being harboured at a house. <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Police have arrested a 36-year-old man after he was found with two rifles, an AK-47 and a 308 semi-automatic gun and more than eighty rounds of ammunition in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Gauteng Organised Crime Tracing Team and Police Emergency Services Flexi handcuffed the suspect in Roodepoort on Monday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arrest\">Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said the team received information about unlicensed firearms being harboured at a certain house in Roodepoort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 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 eighty live rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c The man who was found in the house was arrested and charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. He is expected to appear before the Roodepoort Magistrate\u2019s Court in due course,\u201d Masondo said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: BMA arrests more undocumented foreign nationals entering SA illegally<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ballistics\">Ballistics<\/h3>\n<p>Masondo said the man\u2019s arrest has been applauded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGauteng Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, applauded the team for acting swiftly after receiving the information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masondo added that the firearms will be taken for ballistics tests to establish if they were used in the commission of other crimes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kzn-shootout\">KZN shootout<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, two suspects were shot dead in an intense gun battle with police in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the shooting took place in the early hours of Monday morning, 5 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>KZN police spokesperson Captain Ntathu Ndlovu said the shooting took place in the Margate policing area in the Uvongo area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo suspects were fatally wounded when they engaged police in a shootout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice officers approached the targeted house and announced their presence, but there was no response from inside. The members penetrated the house, and upon entering, the two occupants inside the house fired shots at the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice returned fire, and two suspects were fatally wounded. Two AK-47 assault rifles were recovered, as well as three pistols. No police officers were injured during the shootout,\u201d Ndlovu said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0Police appeal for help after 84-year-old man murdered in Camps Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Police #recover #AK47s #ammunition #Roodepoort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police received information about unlicensed firearms being harboured at a house. 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