Shaun Smillie
Police at OR Tambo International Airport have seized a consignment of handguns which might have belonged to the Zimbabwean police force. The weapons - 50 CZ 75 9mm parabellum handguns - were found yesterday in the cargo hold of a passenger plane, packed in a simple wooden padlocked box which had "Zimbabwe contingent" scrawled across it. The plane had stopped over in Zimbabwe. Most of the weapons, which appeared secondhand, had ZRP stamped on them with an additional serial number. According to a security expert, ZRP stands for Zimbabwe Republic Police. The firearms were made in the Czech Republic, and still had their original serial numbers. No ammunition was found in the consignment, which is estimated to be worth about R175 000.
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