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'National threat' trio gets seven years in jail

Accused and convicts hiding their faces at court for gun-related offences
Accused and convicts hiding their faces at court for gun-related offences

FRANCISTOWN: A criminal syndicate comprising two South Africans and a Zimbabwean, who were found guilty of gun-related offences, were told that they were a serious threat to national security when they were sentenced on Friday.

The trio, Sphamandla Witness Ncube, 37, from Zimbabwe, and his South African counterparts, Lucky Ndimande, 35, and Sakhile Mkhize, 27, were cumulatively sentenced to prison for seven years by Regional Magistrate Taboka Mopipi. They were convicted on their guilty pleas.

The trio was each charged with unlawful possession of more than 20 firearms without any licence authorising them to possess such weapons.

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