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Yesterday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) made a show of destroying a total of 15 700 firearms in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng.
The police would also like us to know, that up until today, they have permanently removed 54 517 firearms from circulation since April 2022 through a firearms destruction process.
These firearms were either seized during crime prevention operations, voluntarily surrendered, or forfeited to the State, according to police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe:
#sapsHQ The #SAPS has permanently removed 54 517 firearms from circulation since April 2022 through a firearms destruction process today in Vanderbijlpark. #GunDestruction #GunsOffTheStreets MEhttps://t.co/J3cE3qYSR8 pic.twitter.com/gsQcaGL8md
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) July 6, 2023
Big crane. Many bags. Are we meant to feel safer now?
#sapsHQ #GunDestruction Today, over 15 700 of these firearms which were either seized during crime prevention ops, voluntarily surrendered or forfeited to the State were also destroyed. The process to demolish the firearms today was overseen by #SAPSNPC, Gen Masemola. ME pic.twitter.com/wxKfq7gOJ8
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) July 6, 2023
How about now? SAPS is working so hard. And having fun in the process:
#sapsHQ All firearms that were destroyed today had been subjected to Ballistic testing to determine if they had been utilised in any commission of a crime. The #SAPS confirms that all firearms have been cleared. #GunDestruction ME pic.twitter.com/bvnamKjFiK
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) July 6, 2023
Mathe continues in the SAPS statement:
“All firearms that were destroyed today had been subjected to Ballistic testing to determine if they had been utilised in any commission of a crime. The SAPS confirms that all firearms have been cleared.
Through Operation Shanela, police have to date recovered and/or confiscated close to 800 firearms since the inception of these high density operations.
The SAPS will continue to intensify operations to detect and remove illegal firearms and ammunition from the streets of South Africa, as they pose a threat to the safety and security of the inhabitants of this country.”
It’s weird that we don’t ever see the actual destruction process, isn’t it? Perhaps the weapons were sent to Russia after all…
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