{"id":18883,"date":"2019-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=726049b46e90c857594963939ca4a6eb"},"modified":"2019-09-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:00:00","slug":"man-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-a-firearm-illegal-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-a-firearm-illegal-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for illegal possession of a firearm, illegal hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"
WITDRAAI – A 28-year-old man is expected to appear before to the Upington Magistrate’s Court, on Thursday, 26 September 2019 on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, 24 September at approximately 20:45, after the police searched his vehicle and found him in possession of hunting rifle without a licence. He failed to produce a license to possess a firearm upon police request.<\/p>\n
Further police investigation revealed that the hunting rifle, found in possession of the suspect, has been reported stolen during a burglary in Kuruman. Subsequent to confiscation of the hunting rifle, police gathered information that the suspect together with his two accomplices were in the area busy with illegal hunting.<\/p>\n
Carcasses of the wild animals, which are suspected to be shot and killed by the suspect, were also confiscated. The suspects are facing an additional charge of illegal hunting.<\/p>\n
The Acting Cluster Commander of ZF Mgcawu, Brigadier Besnaar applauded members for being vigilance and successfully apprehending the suspects.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WITDRAAI – A 28-year-old man is expected to appear before to the Upington Magistrate’s Court, on Thursday, 26 September 2019 on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, 24 September at approximately 20:45, after…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n