Police chief transferred after firearm heist at Eastern Cape police station
Gareth Wilson | 2017-03-16
14:21:45.0
The Peddie police station
commander has been transferred pending disciplinary action in the wake of a
heist in which at least 30 police firearms – including assault rifles – were
stolen from the station’s evidence locker.
Police said yesterday that a task
team‚ including experts from its head office in Pretoria‚ had been formed to
investigate the burglary. The burglars broke into the strongroom through the
roof on Tuesday.
According to police insiders‚ the
register showed police firearms – including 12 assault rifles‚ 12 handguns and
six shotguns – had been stolen. Other weapons seized from criminals were also
taken. More in
