Johnathan Paoli
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has condemned the recently discovered military camp as non-compliant, and the 95 Libyan nationals found there as having entered the country illegally.
Mchunu held a media briefing on Saturday afternoon, following the discovery of the camp in White River, Mpumalanga.
The 95 Libyan nationals were arrested on Friday morning and found in possession of firearms, military equipment, drugs and visas, acquired through misrepresentation in Tunisia, it is alleged.
The site was reportedly a private property intended for use as a training facility for security guards, and containing both a gym and a shooting range.
“The facility here is legal but under further scrutiny what is going on here is not compliant. There is a gap between what has been applied for and what is going on here,” Mchunu said, adding that there was a significant divergence between the certificate issued for the intended purposes
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