Mayor's bodyguards arrested in KZN
Updated | By Slindelo Masikane
Three bodyguards for the Mayor of the Mandeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have been arrested for the unlawful possession of firearms.
The bodyguards were arrested by members of the Hawks belonging to the Durban Organised Crime (National Bureau for Illegal Firearms Crimes and Priority Violent Crimes) and National Intervention Unit.
Police minister Fikile Mbalula has congratulated the elite crime fighting unit for the swift arrests.
"The three are bodyguards for Mandeni Local Municipality Mayor, Sphesihle Basil Zulu. Coincidentally, these three bodyguards are in the employment of the same security company as the two gentlemen who were guarding the Regional Secretary of the ANC in Ethekwini region. Their video went viral as they were showing off their firearms," says Mbalula's spokesman Vuyo Mhaga.
Four pistols, one rifle and live rounds of ammunition were seized.
The seized firearms will be sent for ballistic testing to ascertain if they were used in the commission of any crime in the country.
The arrested suspects aged 29, 39, and 40 are due to appear in the Durban Magistrate on Wednesday.
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