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    Default Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    Mon, 20 January 2014

    Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    Port Elizabeth police have arrested a 64- year old-man following the discovery of firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition on his smallholding at Van Stadens.

    Police spokesperson, Captain Stanley Jarvis says police attended to a domestic violence complaint on Sunday night when they discovered several firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

    Jarvis says police also confiscated an R4 Rifle and several disassembled firearms .

    He says some of the firearms are of military grade quality.

    "We have confiscated several firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition. We have charged the suspect with 3 counts, attempted murder, contravening the domestic violence act and the possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition" he said

    http://www.algoafm.co.za/article.aspx?id=8436


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    Default Re: Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    This was already posted elsewhere if I'm not mistaken. Unless there are a lot of 64 year old men in the Eastern Cape going postal lately.

    Wonder what "firearms of military grade quality" is supposed to mean? Is this really what qualifies as journalism these days?

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    Default Re: Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    This happened last night, so is a new case.
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    Default Re: Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    there was a 60 odd year guy arrested very recently on the Garden Route - perhaps George ?. Both case older guys along PE to Mosselbay coastal route

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    Default Re: Man arrested for being in possession of firearms and ammunition

    They made a correction on Algoa's facebook page.

    "Correction from SAPS:

    Port Elizabeth police have arrested 46- year old-man following the discovery of firearms and ammunition in its thousands on his smallholding at Van Stadens. (Suspect was not 64 as earlier reported )"

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    I would've thought that if one made the desicion to live on the wrong side of the law,you would be a little more discreet with whom and with what you cause k*k with?

    Imho,the said lady should be facing charges too hopefully as up to this point she was pretty much an accomplice... (should it be that these firearms,etc were "illegally held" as suggested)

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    Quote Originally Posted by curious george View Post

    Imho,the said lady should be facing charges too hopefully as up to this point she was pretty much an accomplice... (should it be that these firearms,etc were "illegally held" as suggested)
    How do you get to that? Do you know the conditions she was living under? Do you know where the weapons were being stored?

    A lot of assumption stated as fact. For a moment I thought you were a journalist! :)

    As responsible gun owners, we need to support and applaud these arrests. If you break the law, you do the time. It is better for all of us!

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    Can I ask a question? in the original article they just said firearms and ammo?then also nowhere there is mentioned whether he actually has a licence to posses above said "R4" that could also be a LM4 or the version available to the public? i am just asking. nowhere was any mention of ILLEGAL firearms.perhaps he has collectors status?or DSS?
    As mentioned, rubbish reporting really. ANYTHING for a story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by farmer-el View Post
    How do you get to that? Do you know the conditions she was living under? Do you know where the weapons were being stored?

    A lot of assumption stated as fact. For a moment I thought you were a journalist! :)
    Sorry on the radio,the spokesman said that saps found the stuff in the house with the info given to them by the lady when they got there if that it clears up for you?

    + good on them if these are indeed "illegal".

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    Sorry. Didn't know that. Thought you were going from the report in the OP! :)

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