2013-11-19 17:01
(Nielen de Klerk, News24)
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Explosive devices were found on a bus entering South Africa at the Beitbridge border post on Tuesday, Limpopo police said.
Thirteen blasting cartridges and 13 connector cap fuses were discovered on a bus during a routine check, police spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
"No arrests have been made and all passengers will be questioned."
Mulaudzi said similar devices were found in a woman's possession last month.
She was carrying 26 plastic cartridges and 100 detonators on a bus travelling from Zimbabwe.
- SAPA
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National 24.10.2013 05.43 pm
Limpopo woman arrested for explosives
A woman has been arrested at the Beitbridge border post for possession of explosives and detonators, Limpopo police said on Thursday.
The woman was on a bus, travelling from Zimbabwe, when police searched her luggage on Wednesday evening, said Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi.
“While busy searching the suspect’s luggage, [police] members were surprised to discover 26 plastic cartridges and 100 detonators.”
The bomb disposal unit were called to the scene and confirmed that the woman was carrying explosives.
She would appear soon in the Musina Magistrate’s Court on charges of unauthorised importation, supply or possession of an explosive or incendiary device, or part thereof.
- Sapa
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