Police Seize 18 Firearms in Germiston, Santa Maria

Police in Germiston, South Africa, seized seven firearms, an airgun, magazines and 89 rounds of ammunition while searching for a suspect wanted in a 2024 murder case; the suspect remains at large, and investigators are testing the weapons for possible links to other crimes. In Santa Maria, California, officers conducting a probation compliance check found thousands of rounds of ammunition and later recovered 11 firearms and large-capacity magazines from a man prohibited from possessing weapons. The man was arrested on multiple felony weapons violations. Several of the Santa Maria firearms had features consistent with assault weapons.