Syndicate kingpin caught with large arms cache

[LazyLion]

SEARCH FOR MAN LINKED TO JOBURG ARMS CACHE

Police are still searching for an East European man they believe could shed light on the Norwood arms cache, police said on Tuesday.

"His arrest will answer the questions we have about the guns," Hawks spokesman Paul Ramaloko told Sapa.

He said the man's arrest was central to their investigations.

Three people were arrested on Thursday when police found more than 300 firearms, ammunition, and explosives at a house in Norwood, north of Johannesburg.

A Ukrainian couple and their domestic helper were arrested on allegations of renting out the weapons to hardened criminals for cash-in-transit heists and ATM bombings.

Police found R1 rifles, R4 rifles, R5 rifles, AK-47 rifles and about 300 handguns. Detonators, a machine used to manufacture ammunition, packaged dagga, and explosives used for ATM bombings.

The three, Emma Shumler-Tishko, 62, her husband Mark, 59, and Endi Nkhoma, 26, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday. The case was postponed to next week Tuesday for a bail application.

They face four charges -- possession of unlicensed firearms, possession of ammunition, dealing in dagga, and contravention of the Explosives Act.

Ramaloko said the three would have to explain to the court why the weapons and explosives were on their premises.


Source : Sapa /kn/jje/jk
Date : 27 May 2014 08:41

 

[LazyLion]

NORWOOD TRIO IN COURT FOR GUN CACHE

Three people arrested after the discovery of firearms, ammunition, and explosives at a house in Norwood, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday, the Hawks said.

The matter was postponed to July 15 for a formal bail application for two of the accused.

Emma Shumler-Tishko, 62, her husband Mark, 59, and Endi Nkhoma, 26 were charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, dealing in dagga, and contravention of the Explosives Act.

Wheelchair-bound Emma was out on bail of R5000 because of her condition.

The Ukranian couple and Nkhoma were arrested at the couple's house in Norwood, north of Johannesburg on May 22.

Police found R1, R4, R5, and AK-47 rifles, and about 300 handguns at the house.

Detonators, a machine used to manufacture ammunition, packaged dagga, and explosives used for ATM bombings were also confiscated.

During their last appearance, prosecutor Talita Louw told the court that some of the firearms in the cache were handed to police for destruction during a national firearms amnesty in 2009.

The firearms were suspected to have been sold by corrupt police officers, Louw said.


Source : Sapa /mr/tk/jk/lp
Date : 23 Jun 2014 15:16

 

[ShaunSA]

62 and she is still causing k@k. Some people should really be strangled at birth.

 

[USZA]

62 and she is still causing k@k. Some people should really be strangled at birth.

Still three years away from pensionable age; maybe they can make glue of him then.

 

[ShaunSA]

Still three years away from pensionable age; maybe they can make glue of him then.

It's a her. I say we skip trial and all the niceties and send her directly to the factory

 

[Pitbull]

When I look at that Pictures I see LM6 rifles. I then googled and saw LM6 and R5 rifles look the same

What's the difference?

edit:
Nvm, googled that too . R5/R6 Full Auto. LM6 Semi Auto.