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Marius McCarthy, &#8216;n streekspolisiewoordvoerder, het intelligensie aangedui dat vier mans in &#8216;n wit Volkswagen Polo van Vredenburg na die Oos-Kaap gereis het en na bewering ongelisensieerde vuurwapens en ammunisie by hulle gehad het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Sarah Baartman-distrikstaakspan het vinnig n\u00e1 ontvangs van hierdie intelligensie opgetree. Omstreeks 20:35 het beamptes die voertuig, wat aan die beskrywing voldoen, in Graaff-Reinet opgespoor. Graaff-Reinet is &#8216;n dorp in die Oos-Kaap en is in die Groot Karoo-streek gele\u00eb. Die polisie het die voertuig in Pastoriestraat onderskep.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aansienlike arsenaal ontdek\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;n Deursoeking van die voertuig het beduidende resultate opgelewer. Beamp- tes het &#8216;n plastiekhouer met altesaam 17 stuks skerppunt-ammunisie gevind, wat in die voertuig se paneelkassie versteek was. 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