DA demands answers from SAPS after more than 1 million rounds of ammunition were allegedly looted in KZN
16 July 2021
During today's urgent meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Police, the DA grilled the South African Police Service (SAPS) over allegations that a container with more than 1.5 million rounds of ammunition was looted at the Mobeni industrial area near Durban.
A report by Netwerk24 alleges that the loot took place on Wednesday evening and that sources have stated that the ammunition, imported from Brazil, would have ordinarily been shipped to Cape Town. It is unclear why the ammunition had been shipped to Durban.
It is also being claimed that someone in the police apparently delayed giving permission for the truck, which carried the container, to transport the ammunition to Gauteng.
The DA is also of the view that it would have been impossible for this incident to occur without the willful cooperation from some within the South African Police Service (SAPS), who would have been involved in safeguarding this ammunition. The looters would’ve have required extensive amount of support to carry out this act.