Police have seized nearly 1,000 rounds of state-issued ammunition in a raid on a Pretoria flat on Sunday afternoon.
ammunition - which is SAPS-issued 9mm and R5 bullets - was being stored in a flat in Wonderboompoort.
A police squad, including members of the National Intervention Unit - stormed the two-storey block of flats on Sunday. Police forensic crime scene investigators outside the flat where nearly 1000 rounds of ammunition were seized.A source who is on the scene said during the search of the flat, officers recovered ammunition hidden inside several couches.are looking for firearms, hand grenades, bullet-proof vests and other police equipment.
Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela told TimesLIVE he was aware of an operation being underway in Pretoria but was not in a position to immediately provide further details.
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