Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, a detective who was assassinated in Bishop Lavis last week, was allegedly on the brink of cracking a huge case about a "guns to gangs" syndicate and involved the police's Central Firearms Registry.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, a detective who was assassinated in Bishop Lavis last week, was allegedly on the brink of cracking a huge case about a “guns to gangs” syndicate and involved the police’s Central Firearms Registry.

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28 September 2020

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Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, a detective who was assassinated in Bishop Lavis last week, was allegedly on the brink of cracking a huge case about a “guns to gangs” syndicate and involved the police’s Central Firearms Registry.

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