Was it a principal's hunch? If it was, it paid off. Police raided a Pietermaritzburg school and left with one unlicensed firearm, four 9mm rounds of ammunition, one knife and 2kgs of dagga.

While the school declined to comment on Thursday's raid, police said the joint operation by the Sector Policing Unit, Copesville Special Task Team and the SAPS Dog Unit at the Copesville Secondary School was at the request of the school principal.

Spokesman Sgt Sumay van Zyl said an intensive search was conducted by police officials, who seized the weapons.

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