Police Destroy Over 16 000 Guns, Parts Linked To Violent Crime - The Bulrushes

Over 279 000 firearms have been destroyed in 6 years

The South African Police Service has destroyed over 279 000 firearms, over the past 6 years. In the latest operation, a total of 16,049 firearms and firearm parts were destroyed in Vanderbijlpark. This was the second destruction for the 2024/2025 financial year.     More than 279 000 firearms destroyed   The Deputy National Commissioner for Policing, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili presided over the official firearm destruction process. He s…

Police Destroy Over 16 000 Guns, Parts Linked To Violent Crime - The Bulrushes

Johannesburg – The South African Police Service (SAPS) this week destroyed 16 049 firearms and firearm parts in Vanderbijlpark. SAPS said on Thursday, (20 February 2025), this was the second destruction in the 2024/2025 financial year of ammunition seized during police operations such as Operation Shanela and subsequently forfeited to the state. SAPS said it destroyed 12 502 handguns, 1 921 rifles, 1 305 shotguns, and 47 combination firearms. “T…