He should thank his stars he wasn’t caught in China!

Cape Town police arrested an as yet un-named man today holding a virtual armoury of weapons, and a literal pharmacy of illegal narcotics. The 28-year old was caught carrying:

• A 9mm Browning pistol
• Four MK8 red rockets (handheld distress flares)
• One MK5 smoke grenade
• 75 different rounds of ammunition
• 178g of tik,
• 120 Mandrax tablets,
• 80 units of heroin,
• 70 units of cocaine,
• One parcel of dagga
• A partridge in a pear tree

Okay, not that last one, but quite a haul nonetheless! The man was arrested at a house in Dublin Road following a tip off to police yesterday. He will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and dealing in drugs. The firearm was reported stolen in 2007.

[Source: News 24]