‘Arms Smugglers’ For Somalia Raided In South Africa

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Four people, including three women, were arrested on Thursday when Durban police raided a Westville home and seized weapons and ammunition believed to be destined for Somalia to help in the fight against piracy, but which had been illegally diverted.

 

 

 

Among the weapons seized were eight 308 rifles, two shotguns and two AM3 assault rifles with telescopic lens and silencers. They were hidden in one of the rooms in the house.

 

 

 

The firearms were found still in their transportation cases. Police also recovered 592 rounds of ammunition and 12-bore rounds.

Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Mdunge said that preliminary investigations showed the firearms had been transported from Malta.

 

 

 

He refused to say who the weapons were destined for as this was still being investigated.

 

 

 

The investigation which led them to the house in Westville had been ongoing and more firearms could be found.

 

 

 

“We believe the firearms were illegally diverted to South Africa, but how they ended up in Durban remains a mystery,” he said.

“We believe the house was being used as a firearms holding area,” Mdunge said.

 

 

 

Those arrested, two 20-year-old women, a 28-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man, would appear in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court today.

 

 

 

It is believed that part of the house had been converted into offices where two women were working.

Somali pirates have been involved in a spate of hijackings around the Horn of Africa, including that of a Durban couple who are still being held captive.

 

 

 

Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Caitz were kidnapped along with skipper Peter Eldridge on October 26.

Ten days after their capture a Dutch naval vessel gave chase and ran their vessel ashore. The pirates fled along with the couple, leaving Eldridge behind after he refused to leave the yacht. Eldridge was duly rescued by the Dutch and brought back to Richards Bay.

On Thursday Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Clayson Monyela said: “There is nothing new on the South African couple who were hijacked by Somali pirates.”

 

 

 

In another incident involving South Africans, two men from Cape Town who were falsely arrested for ownership of allegedly smuggled goods as well as for “impersonating journalists”, were released and arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday.

Anton van der Merwe and Chris Everson, a cameraman and a sound recordist, who both work for an American documentary news show, were travelling to work on an independent production in Somalia. Their producers had told them to board a charter aircraft at Entebbe international airport in Uganda.

 

 

 

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been growing rapidly, with numerous vessels being hijacked and held for huge ransoms.

A number of international organisations such as the International Maritime Organisation and the World Food Programme have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy, incidents of which have contributed to an increase in shipping costs and impeded delivery of food aid shipments.

 

 

 

A multinational coalition naval task force has been established to monitor and inspect vessels along the north-east African coastline.

Countries which are party to this task force include France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. - The Mercury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/arms-smugglers-raided-1.1004844

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Thanks Somaliland intelligence ........ Other countries may do the same and control the cargo coming from their areas.

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Policeka South Africa ayaa maanta Qabtay Hub sida la sheegay Looga shakiyey in lagu soo waday Puntland.

 

 

Wararka naga soo gaaraya Magaalo xeebeedka Durban ee dalka K/Africa ayaa sheegaya in Booliiska Dalkasi ay qabteen Makhaasiin Buuxa oo hub ah kuwasi oo la waday Wadanka Soomaliya gaar ahaan ciidamo la sheegay in loo tababarayo la dagaalanka kooxaha burcad badeedka.

 

 

Booliska ayaa si hoose loogu soo dusiyay guri ku yaala xaafada Westville ee magaalada Durban in lagu haayo hub fara badan, waxana durbadiiba weerar cidka iyo dhulka ah lagu qaaday gurigaasi lagana helay maqaasiin hubka ah.

 

 

Police-ka sida gaarka ah u tabobaran iyo guuto ka tirsan sirdoonka dalkaasi oo ay hor kacayaan raxan eeyo ah ayaa baaritaano kale ka wado gooba kale ee isla magaaladasi oo todobaadkii lasoo dhaafay la sheegay in ay ka kacday dayuurad hub siday.

 

 

Afayeen Police-ka u hadlay oo lagu magacaabo Vincent ayaa sheegey in la qabtey 4 naagood iyo hal nin oo guriga loogu tagay, guriga waxaa laga dhex sameeyey xafiisyo laga heley dukumeendiyo muujinaya xogo badan.

 

 

 

Afhayeenka waxa uu sheegey in baaritana hordhac ah oo la sameeyey uu muujinayo in hubka uu ka yimid jasiirada Malta balse aanan la aqoonin sida uu Koonfur Afrika ku yimid.

 

 

 

Hubka la qabtey ayaa gaaraya 300 oo qori, dhowr qoryahaya toogta fog loogu talogalay, illaa 600 oo rasaas ah, iyo waliba xoqado (soo dhaweyso) iyo juuqlaay (cinjirka qoryaha afka looga xiro ee shubinaya shanqarta dhicista qoriga.

 

 

Kolkii hubka la qabanayay waxa uu ku jirey qasnadihii lagu safrayay waxana uu diyaar u ahaa in la daabulo.

 

 

Baaritaankani waxa uu daba socdey mid horey Police-ka ay u wadeen kadib markii dayuurad Durban ka kacday oo hub sidey ay ka degtey magaalada Hargeysa halkaasoo lagu hayo, labbo joornaaliiste oo K/Afrika u dhashay oo dayuuradaasi la socdey ayaa dalka dib ugu soo laabtay waxaana la fahamsanyahay in Police-ka ay waraysi la yeesheen wariyeyaashaasi.

 

 

 

Matt Bryden oo ah xariiriyaha gudiga kormeerka cunaqabataynta Qaramada Midoobey ee Soomaaliya ayaa todobaadkani booqdey dalka Koonfur Afrika kadib markii uu kasoo laabtay Somaliland oo isagoo indhihiisa kusoo arkay dayuurada hubka u sidey Puntland oo ciidamad u tabobaraysa shirkada lagu magacaabo Saracen International oo uu asaasay calooshiis u shaqayste hore oo Koonfur Afrika u dhashay.

 

 

 

 

 

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Ciidamada Amaanka Dowladda koonfur Afrika ayaa gacanta ku dhigay hub tiro badan oo loo soo waday dalka Soomaaliya iyadoona gacanta lagu dhigay Shan qof oo Seddax ka mid ah dumar ay yihiin kuwaasi oo hubka la socday.

 

Boliiska Dalka Koofur Afrika ayaa sheegay in Howlgal ay sameeyeen Magaalada Durban ee dalka Koonfur Afrika in ay ku soo qabteen hub dhan 308 qori gacmeed oo isugu jiray qoryaha diirada leh oo aan dhawaqooda la maqal iyo hub kale, waxaana sidoo kale mid ahaa hubka gacanta lagu dhigay 592 qasnadood oo rasaas ah.

Wararka ayaa sheegaya in hubka la qabtay ee loo waday Soomaaliya loogu talo galay la dagaalanka Kooxaha Burcada Badeeda Soomaaliya ,hasa ahatee lama sheegin cida uu sida tooska ah hubka ugu socday.

 

Vincent Mdunge oo Afhayeen u hadlay ciidamada Boliiska ee Dalka Koonfur Afrika ayaa sheegay in hubkaani laga keenay Jasiirada Malta hasa ahaatee wali ay wadaan baaritaano ku aadan ujeedada dhabta ah ee hubka iyo sidoo kale dalalka ay u dhasheen dadka hubka lagu qabtay.

Sidoo kale Afhayeenaan ka tirsan Boliiska Koonfur Afrika ayaa sheegay in Shanta qof ee ay gacanta ku hayaan islamarkaana 3 ka mid ah dumar yihiin lagu maxkamadeeyn doono Magaalada Pinetown Dalka Koonfur Afrika.

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Interesting.

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Four people, including three women, were arrested on Thursday when Durban police raided a Westville home and seized

weapons and ammunition believed to be destined for Somalia to help in the fight against piracy, but which had been illegally diverted.

The illegal activities of piracy cartels is getting out of hand.

 

PS Deafening silence from the usually rowdy empty vessels. Come out pirate boys, JB won't arrest you too.

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Somaliland, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia and other countries must cooperate to counter such illegal activities. I say this is a good start for now.