A state-owned firearm confiscated for 'safe-keeping' from a police official embroiled in a domestic dispute in the Northern Cape ended up in the hands of a 'gang' in Cape Town.
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A state-owned firearm confiscated for"safe-keeping" from a police official embroiled in a domestic dispute in the Northern Cape ended up in the hands of a"gang" in Cape Town. The tale of how the firearm made its way from the hands of law-enforcers to the underworld emerged when a police constable appeared in the Springbok Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.“Cohen’s arrest follows allegations of his involvement in the theft of [a] state firearm in 2016 at Nababeep police station,” said Hawks spokesperson Nomthandazo Mnisi.
“Between August and November 2016, he allegedly connived with a local gang and sold them a firearm, which was disposed of at the police station for safekeeping. The firearm was removed from another police official, who was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute.”
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