This morning, (Wednesday) three individuals, including a teenager, are scheduled to appear before the Magistrate’s Court to face charges stemming from a significant firearms and ammunition seizure following a police operation.
The arrested individuals are 30-year-old Daquan George, 27-year-old Tanesha Martin, and 19-year-old Taliek Aska, all residents of Sutherlands. They have been charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Possession of Ammunition.
The arrests occurred on Wednesday, July 31, 2025, when officers from the Gang and Guns Suppression Unit (GAGSU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Sutherlands. During the operation, officers discovered a substantial cache of ammunition and firearm-related items, including:
– Eleven (11) 12-gauge shotgun rounds
– Seven (7) 9mm rounds
– Thirty-six (36) 7.62mm rounds
– Twenty (20) .22 rounds
– Twenty-three (23) .45 rounds
– Eighteen (18) .44 rounds
– Seventeen (17) .25 rounds
– Nine (9) .38 rounds
– Two (2) Smith & Wesson magazines
– One (1) Glock 9mm magazine
– One (1) Smith & Wesson .40 caliber magazine
– One (1) Sig Sauer 9mm magazine
– One (1) “Patent Pending” 9mm/.40SW speed loader
– One (1) flat-back Chinese AK-47 magazine
Following the find, the trio was taken into custody and formally charged. Their initial court appearance is set for today, August 6.
Remand remand remand. They were obviously up to no good. I wonder if they were licensed to sell ammunition
JAIL! straight behind the red gates. Thank God the police did their do. What would have become of the madness that was about to happen
Well well they don’t stop on the guns! This is why they should be heavily charged. Tired of them and the guns
lock them up like mongoose. and other criminal elements
While the arrests are welcome, they also highlight a bigger problem: how are these major firearms and ammunition getting into our country in the first place? We need more than just reactive policing; we need a proactive strategy to stop the flow of illegal weapons at our borders.