{"id":101294,"date":"2015-10-02T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101294\/empd-arrest-man-for-possession-of-an-unlicensed-firearm\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:07:01","slug":"empd-arrest-man-for-possession-of-an-unlicensed-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/02\/empd-arrest-man-for-possession-of-an-unlicensed-firearm\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPD arrest man for possession of an unlicensed firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent EMPD roadblock, in Primrose, officers arrested a man for the possession of an unlicensed firearm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arresting officer explained that she had discovered the firearm in the pocket of a passenger in one of the vehicles she had stopped.<\/p>

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This firearm was seized by EMPD officers during the recent arrest of a 25-year-old man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cShe asked the accused to give her the firearm, which he did without objection,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

The man could not, however, produce a licence for the weapon.<\/p>

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He was arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n

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