Police in KwaZulu-Natal say they’ve made more than 5 000 arrests in September, many of which were in connection with unlicensed firearms.

The arrests were made under Operation Shanela, a nationwide operation targeting serious and violent crimes in crime hotspots.

The police’s Paul Magwaza says 105 unlicensed firearms were recovered.

“These arrests and recoveries are a culmination of relentless operations conducted by various police units in specified policing precincts. One of the key objectives of Operation Shanela is to tackle areas which have shown an increase in crime volumes. Frantic work is ongoing behind the scenes in trying to establish possible links of the arrested suspects with other crimes. The firearms recovered will also be subjected to ballistics tests to determine if they have not been used in the commission of other crimes.”

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