By Ofentse Mokae
10 November 2009
Claremont police recovered about 66 rounds of abandoned ammunition in a house in Claremont yesterday.
Police spokesperson Captain Angie Latchman says police received a report from a Construction Employees that they had found ammunition buried in the ground at 19 Keurboom Road in the area.
The house is believed to have been a Missionary residence, and the current owner is busy with renovations.
Whilst construction employees were busy digging the ground with the purpose of erecting a wall, they came across rusted ammunition buried in the ground.
According to Detectives on the scene, the ammunition could be about forty years old.
“The ammunition has been handed over to the Explosives Unit for disposal and the Dog and Explosives Unit were at the scene to comb the area in order to ascertain if there is any other form of arms or ammunition on the vicinity,” Latchman said.
Latchman says the ammunition was not found in a cache or in any sort of box or container.
Investigations around the incident are continuing.
10 November 2009
Claremont police recovered about 66 rounds of abandoned ammunition in a house in Claremont yesterday.
Police spokesperson Captain Angie Latchman says police received a report from a Construction Employees that they had found ammunition buried in the ground at 19 Keurboom Road in the area.
The house is believed to have been a Missionary residence, and the current owner is busy with renovations.
Whilst construction employees were busy digging the ground with the purpose of erecting a wall, they came across rusted ammunition buried in the ground.
According to Detectives on the scene, the ammunition could be about forty years old.
“The ammunition has been handed over to the Explosives Unit for disposal and the Dog and Explosives Unit were at the scene to comb the area in order to ascertain if there is any other form of arms or ammunition on the vicinity,” Latchman said.
Latchman says the ammunition was not found in a cache or in any sort of box or container.
Investigations around the incident are continuing.
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