Gunsmith convicted of altering rifles

He was arrested in October last year after the Hawks’ national priority violent crimes unit in Bloemfontein visited his gun shop.

“During the search of the premises, police discovered 262 altered firearms barrels. It is alleged that he was unlawfully changing the serial numbers of those firearm barrels to hide the original identity of the barrels, which is in contravention of the Firearms Control Act,” said Singo. The court fined Hattingh R25,000. He was also sentenced to seven years' direct imprisonment, suspended for five years.

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