/ 11 May 1999

MASSIVE WEAPONS CACHE IN KZN

A MASSIVE cache of arms and ammunition — sufficient in quantity to cause full-scale war — were discovered in a bunker in in northern KwaZulu-Natal, National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka announced on Tuesday. The arms cache, believed to be the biggest uncovered in South African history, was found by detectives of the directorate, he said. The weapons are believed to have orginated from former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock.