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Amount of ammunition seized has seen an over 150%-increase

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The amount of ammunition seized in Cape Town over a 12-month-period has seen an over 150%-increase. The Safety and Security Mayco Member, JP Smith says the confiscations were recorded from July last year to June this year. More than 5 000 rounds of ammunition were seized.

Amount of ammunition seized has seen an over 150%-increase

At the same time, law enforcement officers made more than 12 000 arrests, over the same 1-year-period. But Smith is more concerned about the ammunition that saw such a dramatic increase.

He says officers also confiscated 177 illegal firearms and 73 imitation firearms, over the mentioned period. The 12-month-statistics also show that law enforcement officers have confiscated more than 41 000 units of drugs.

At the same time, they also seized over 2 000 kilograms of stolen metal. The Safety & Security Mayco Member, JP Smith says members were busy from animals and stolen metals to drugs and liquor:

Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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