Daily News reports that the KwaZulu-Natal Tactical Response Team (TRT), the K9 Unit and Nsuze police officers swooped on the residence of a Montebello Hospital male nurse on Monday and found two AK47 automatic assault rifles.  

This followed the 37-year-old nurse’s resistance to be searched at the main entrance of the hospital earlier in the morning.  A hospital employee related that the enrolled nurse at the hospital’s Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB unit employee was carrying a huge bag when he refused to be searched at the gate.  He was denied entrance and was later intercepted whilst trying to gain access to his place of residence, which is not far from the hospital.  A search was conducted and the firearms and 60 rounds of ammunition were found in his possession.  The suspect was immediately arrested and taken to Nsuze police station for detention.  He was due to appear in kwaMaphumulo Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.  It is not clear why the nurse, who had been working at the hospital for over three years, would want to smuggle the guns into the hospital.

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