{"id":101299,"date":"2015-10-01T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101299\/man-attempts-to-hide-firearm-in-pool-table\/"},"modified":"2015-10-01T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T06:59:50","slug":"man-attempts-to-hide-firearm-in-pool-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/01\/man-attempts-to-hide-firearm-in-pool-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Man attempts to hide firearm in pool table"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Marathon informal settlement resident was recently arrested by the Primrose police for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old man was arrested during a special operation in the informal settlement.<\/p>

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When he saw the officers approaching him he attempted to hide the firearm in a nearby pool table.<\/p>\n

However, the approaching officers noticed what he was doing and retrieved the weapon.<\/p>

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The man was asked to produce a licence for the firearm and, when he couldn’t, he was arrested.<\/p>\n

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This unlicensed firearm and ammunition were seized by the Primrose police during a recent arrest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cUpon closer inspection of the firearm officers found the serial number, and were able to trace the owner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe owner explained that the weapon had been stolen two weeks ago, in Greytown,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

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