{"id":43622,"date":"2022-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=b02a100b49b8dbf9c5d3d56a5d808cbd"},"modified":"2022-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"an-additional-20-590-firearms-permanently-removed-from-circulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/an-additional-20-590-firearms-permanently-removed-from-circulation\/","title":{"rendered":"An additional 20 590 firearms permanently removed from circulation"},"content":{"rendered":"
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has permanently removed 46 592 firearms from circulation in a period of six months. This follows a firearms destruction process where firearms, ammunition and firearm parts which had either been seized during crime prevention operations, voluntarily surrendered or forfeited to the state were destroyed in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng.<\/p>\n
Today, 20 590 of the firearms were destroyed, 15 465 of those destroyed are handguns while 2686 are rifles, 1855 are shotguns and the rest are firearm parts.<\/p>\n
In March this year, 26 002 were also destroyed, bringing the total number of firearms and firearm parts destroyed to 46 592.<\/p>\n
The process to demolish the firearms today was overseen by the Divisional Commissioner responsible for Visible Policing and Operations, Lieutenant General Michael Mohlala.<\/p>\n
All firearms that have been destroyed were subjected to Ballistic testing to determine if they were utilised in any commission of a crime. The SAPS confirms that all firearms have been cleared.<\/p>\n
Of the 46 592 firearms, the majority of firearms were either surrendered and voluntarily handed over to the state during the 2019\/2020 as well as the 2020\/2021 Firearms Amnesty period, confiscated and seized by police during intelligence driven operations, routine stop and searches as well as tip-offs from community members that are committed to ensuring that illegal firearms are permanently removed from circulation.<\/p>\n
The SAPS will continue to intensify its 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. The organization therefore takes this opportunity to commend members of the public for playing a part in making South Africa a safer place to live in. The Service remains confident that destroying these firearms will ensure that they are permanently removed from circulation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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