Gqeberha firearms dealer Karen Webb and her co-accused Francois van der Merwe appeared briefly in the city's Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Both accused face a string of charges relating to the Firearms Control Act.
Since Webb's arrest in February last year, numerous counts including murder, have been added to her charge sheet.
During Thursday's court appearance, it came to light that Webb had ended the services of her attorney, Paul Roelofse.
It is understood that she will hire attorney Wayne Mac Gear to represent her going forward.
The court was further informed that Van der Merwe's legal council had also not been finalised.
The long list of existing charges against Webb includes theft, conspiracy to smuggle firearms, fraud, the unlicensed trading of firearms, providing firearms and ammunition to persons who are not allowed to possess them, and defeating the ends of justice.
Her arrest on 8 February last year forms part of an ongoing police investigation into how firearms got into the possession of gangsters in the city's northern areas and other provinces.
The theft charge relates to ten 9mm Glock pistols that went missing from the Aquila Arms’ stock while the cache was stored at her premises.
Van Der Merwe was arrested in George in September.
He is charged with the transportation of firearms throughout South Africa without an in-transit permit, failure to ensure that the firearms and ammunition possessed on the authority of the dealer's license were transported in accordance with the packaging requirements during transportation as set out in the regulations, the unlawful possession of a firearm, and the unlawful possession of ammunition.
Van Der Merwe allegedly transported a total of 658 firearms from Webb's cache to the Western Cape over two days in January.
According to the charge sheet, the firearms were transported from Webb's Arms to Pete's Gun Repairs in Sedgefield.
Van der Merwe is out on bail of R2 000.
The pair will appear in court again on 30 April.
