ABOUT 61 homemade firearms locally known as gobole owned illegally have been surrendered at different police posts in Katavi Region since the exercise was officially launched on March 21, this year.
The Katavi Regional Commissioner (RC),
Mr Damas Nyanda, said the verification exercise will officially end on
June 30, this year, saying that so far 61 per cent of firearms
verification have been completed and established that most of them are
legally owned.
He further said that during the
exercise, people who illegally owned homemade firearms have voluntarily
surrendered them to police posts and offices of local functionaries in
the region.
The RPC further said that the ongoing
firearms verification exercise will involve individuals, public and
private companies as well as institutions that are in possession of
firearms.
The verification is carried out at the
district police commanders’ offices in Mlele, Mpanda District as well as
in Mpanda Municipality in the region. He said that all proprietors of
guns should report to such offices with documents as well as two
passport size photos.
He appealed to people owning guns
illegally to voluntarily surrender them to the police stations, saying
that after the June 30 deadline, police force will launch a special
operation to arrest all people owning weapons illegally.
According to the RPC, family members of
gun owners who have died should also surrender the guns to police
stations for safe keeping, where they will also be informed of other
procedures that will enable them to own it.
While the verification exercise was in
progress, the RPC further said two people believed to be hardcore
poachers also engaged in different criminal activities in the region
have been arrested for being in unlawful possession of 70 round of
ammunitions used in heavy weapons of SMG and SAR.
Mr Nyanda said the duo were caught ready
handed with ammunitions at Mpanda Old Town within Mpanda Municipality
on May 25, this year and that they will be arraigned once preliminary
investigations of their case is over
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