A 32-year-old labourer from Moruca, North West District (NWD), was taken into custody on Tuesday after threatening to shoot his reputed wife with an illegal 9mm pistol during a domestic dispute.
Police stated that the victim went to the Acquero Police Station and reported that she was threatened by her reputed husband. She claimed that the suspect drew a firearm from his waist, pointed it at her, and threatened to shoot her.
She, however, managed to take away the magazine containing the ammunition, after which she reported the matter to the police.
The magazine, when examined, contained one 9mm round of ammunition. Following the report, the suspect was arrested and later admitted ownership of the magazine and ammunition.
The following day, the suspect led police near a construction site on Kumaka Hospital Road, where a gold-and-green 9mm Taurus pistol was discovered wrapped in a brown cloth and hidden in vegetation. He remains in custody pending investigations.
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