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South Africa. 2019 ‘Drug Eradication and Firearms Control.’ South Africa Police Service Annual Report 2018/19, p. 13. Pretoria: South Africa Police Service. 30 August
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During 2018/2019, the details of 7,141 firearms owned by individuals, dealers and institutions, excluding SAPS-owned firearms, were circulated as recovered, compared to 18,592 firearms, in 2017/2018.
The details of 9,609 firearms were circulated as stolen/lost, during 2018/2019, compared to 9,336, in 2017/2018 and the details of 452 state-owned firearms were circulated as recovered, compared to 469, in 2017/2018. The 452 include 362 SAPS-owned firearms and 90 firearms owned by other official institutions, such as government departments, municipalities and the Metropolitan Police Department.
A total of 607 SAPS-owned firearms were circulated as stolen/lost, compared to 800, in 2017/2018[…]
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