NORTHERN CAPE. – Municipal workers have discovered approximately 15 000 rounds of historic ammunition in Sunrise, De Aar. The ammunition, believed to date from the Anglo-Boer War, is valued at around R7 million.
Col. Cherelle Ehlers, police spokesperson, says the workers discovered the ammunition on Tuesday in crates near Malay Camp and alerted the police. A team consisting of members of the local criminal record centre, bomb disposal unit, K9 unit and detectives attended the scene. The team returned on Friday with the help of military personnel to safely remove the ammunition. The rounds have been identified as .303 ammunition. The surrounding area has since been declared safe, while the circumstances surrounding the discovery are being further investigated.
Police warn the public not to handle suspected ammunition or explosives, but to report it immediately to the police.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
