DISCOVERING that there is a conflict between the information he received and what was written, the police raided the office of a businessman in the news, Mr. Calvin Mathibeli, Calvin and Family Security Services, in Durban North.
Under the umbrella of Operation Buyisa, which plans to remove illegal firearms from the community, also ensure that security companies uphold the law.
The spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal police, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said that they have received many concerns.
Among them, he mentioned the register that was filled in the wrong way, guns that were not found in this office.
Netshiunda said that according to the law, the person who should be responsible for firearms is the owner of the company, but in Mathibeli’s company they found that this is not the case, someone was hired to do this.
“This person told us that the company has 815 guns in its books as well as in the safes. This is currently not in line with the police record because it says the company has 850 guns,” said Netshiunda.
When the company revealed that 11 guns are at the police station in Nanda, Netshiunda said that the authenticity of that will be checked.
Another rule that the police found to have been broken is that in the register, a pen was used, which can be turned off at any time, instead of being written with an ink pen.
At the time of publication, the police had not completed their work in the area.
He warned that if these guns are not found in Durban North, the investigation will move forward to other company offices in Newcastle, Western Cape, Gauteng as well as Limpopo.
He said he took the issue of firearms seriously because they are used in serious crimes, including robbery, money-carrying vehicles, murder, and more.
He clarified that they will examine the gun as well as each bullet they found. He said that if anyone is found to be in violation of the law, charges will be filed, and those found to be in violation of the law will be arrested.
This destruction continued even though Mathibeli tried and failed to file an urgent application to prevent this from happening at the Durban High Court.