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Warrants at several shops in a retail building on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Amanda van Week says authorities confiscated more than 62,000 counterfeit items and it includes high-end branded clothing, footwear, cosmetics, watches, jewelry, and sunglasses. The operation forms part of ongoing nationwide efforts to dismantle the illegal trade, manufacturing, and distribution of counterfeit and illicit goods in the country. Community members are reminded that counterfeit goods infringe.

On the intellectual property rights of legitimate prime owners. Also, it posed serious health and safety risks to consumers. Gunfree South Africa says the prevalence of illegal firearms in the country remains a concern. After two teenagers were among the suspects arrested for possession of firearms in Cape Town recently, it comes after police confiscated eight firearms in separate incidents across the city in less than a week, with suspects as young as 16 and 17 years old.

Gun Free South Africa says it welcomes the police's efforts to recover firearms and make arrests. However, the organisation's Claire Taylor says the recoveries point to failures in gun control. She says the priority should be preventing firearms and ammunition from reaching the streets and falling into the hands of young people. Arrests and rounds recovered don't tell us how many illegal guns or rounds of ammunition are out there.