VIDEO – 15 000 unwanted firearms destroyed in Gauteng

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has destroyed a total of 15700 firearms today, Thursday, 6 July in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. These firearms were either seized during crime prevention operations, voluntarily surrendered or forfeited to the State, according to police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe. After today, the police updated that they’ve permanently removed 54 517 firearms from circulation since April 2022 through a firearms destruction process. The SAPS will continue to intensify operations to detect and remove illegal firearms and ammunition from the streets of South Africa, as they pose a threat to the safety and security of the inhabitants of this country,” she assured.

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