A Malawian National appeared in the Gelvandale Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a charge of the unlawful possession of a firearm, which could possibly be linked to the stolen cache of gunshop owner, Karen Webb.
Lucky Banda was arrested on the 2nd of June in an Uber with the firearm allegedly in his possession and made his first appearance in court five days later.
During his first court appearance, Banda abandoned his bail.
When the case was called in court on Wednesday, State Prosecutor Lyle Page informed the court that the firearm allegedly found in Banda's possession, could form part of a much bigger investigation.
Page said further investigation is required into the silver .32 Pistol because the firearm could be one of the guns that were stolen from Webb's Arms.
"It could be involved in an ongoing case where the owner of Webbs Arms is involved."
Due to the seriousness of the charge, the court found that clarification was needed and remanded the matter for further investigation.
Webb faces a litany of charges relating to the Firearms Control Act.
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Her arrest in February 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.
Besides 76 firearms that had been positively linked to crimes in the city's northern areas and as far as the Western Cape and Gauteng, evidence was led that suggests that 437 of the 900 firearms registered on Webbs Arms are unaccounted for.
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.
Webb will be back in the Gqeberha Magistrates Court tomorrow, where her bail hearing based on new facts will continue.
She had originally been refused bail in February.
