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The South African Police Services (SAPS) in KwaZulu-Natal says their compliance investigation into businessman Calvin Mathibeli’s security company in Durban has uncovered weapons linked to the volatile Inanda area.
Authorities have confirmed that 11 firearms belonging to the security company are in police custody at the Inanda Police Station.
At this stage, police have not established the reasons for the confiscation of the firearms.
The compliance investigation follows a ruling by the Durban High Court on Tuesday, which dismissed Mathibeli’s urgent application to block the inspection.
Provincial Police Spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says, “The company has got 815 firearms in their books, in their safes debt, for now they do not correspond with the records that we have as the police. This is because our records indicate that the company should be having at least 850 firearms.”
“Maybe those are just some of the discrepancies that can be credited as we are operating today, but they are also saying that 11 of their firearms are at SAPS in Inanda because they’re saying they were taken from the security company. That will obviously be verified.”
Netshiunda adds, “They say they’ve got sites in at least four provinces…here in KZN, they have two more sites in Newcastle, in Gauteng, in Limpopo and also the Eastern Cape. So if we don’t get those firearms, I’m here today, that means this operation must go to all these sites.”
Meanwhile, the SABC contacted Mathibeli’s legal representative, who says he has not been given instructions to comment on the matter.
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