Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS)
KWAZULU-NATAL – The Hawks’ National Priority Violent Crimes team together with Crime Intelligence, Special Task Force and Durban K9 Unit recovered 512 rounds of ammunition suspected to be among those looted from a container in Montclair around July 2021.
The joint police team swiftly reacted on information received about illegal firearms in the Umbumbulu area and a search operation was conducted today in an abandoned kraal at Nkomazi area in Umbumbulu.
A total of 15 boxes of 9mm Magtech ammunition was recovered containing approximately 512 live rounds of ammunition. No one has been arrested at this stage and the ammunition found was seized for further investigation.
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