Mthobisi Mncube, one of the accused in the murder trial of footballer Senzo Meyiwa, at the North Gauteng High Court. File photo.A police officer attached to the Gauteng taxi violence unit has testified on the seizure of an unlicensed handgun and ammunition from one of the five accused on trial forsaid he discovered a 9mm pistol at Mthobisi Mncube's residence in February 2015.
He was investigating a taxi-related case in Alexandra and traced a suspect to Cleveland. He spotted the suspect walking on the road with his girlfriend. He and his two colleagues followed him to where he lived and pounced on him as he was entering.After searching Mncube, they asked to search his room. He agreed to this. Officers found a firearm and a small blue box. Masondo said the magazine was fully loaded with 15 rounds of live ammunition, while one round was in the chamber.
Masondo said Mncube could not produce the licence for the firearm. “That is when we informed him that we are going to charge him with the unlawful possession of firearm.” At Cleveland police station, Masondo said Mncube's Samsung GTE 2220 cellphone was also confiscated and booked in for downloading. He said the reason for the cellphone download request was to place Mncube at the crime scene of the Alexandra case and to get to an accomplice.
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