{"id":131076,"date":"2016-08-22T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131076\/man-found-in-possession-of-stolen-firearm\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T12:56:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:56:45","slug":"man-found-in-possession-of-stolen-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/22\/man-found-in-possession-of-stolen-firearm\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found in possession of stolen firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 13, a 30-year-old man was arrested by the Primrose police after an unlicensed firearm was found in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>After the arrest, officers discovered that the firearm belonged to the suspect\u2019s aunt.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131078\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/34GCNCRIMEFIREL_50860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131078\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/34GCNCRIMEFIREL_50860-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"This 30-year-old man was recently arrested by the Primrose police after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Here Sgt Vincent Nkosi watches over the suspect.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/34GCNCRIMEFIREL_50860-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/34GCNCRIMEFIREL_50860-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/34GCNCRIMEFIREL_50860.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This 30-year-old man was recently arrested by the Primrose police after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Here Sgt Vincent Nkosi watches over the suspect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe was unaware that the man had taken the firearm from her safe,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n<p>Officers first noticed the man acting suspiciously in Rietfontein Road, during a patrol of the area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect was seen talking to another man, but as soon as they noticed police they quickly separated and ran in different directions,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>Police gave chase and were able to corner the man in Maroela Street.<\/p>\n<p>He was searched and officers found the black and brown revolver loaded with four rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The man was unable to produce the firearm\u2019s licence and was arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131002\/alleged-rapist-sought-by-germiston-fcs-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alleged rapist sought by Germiston FCS Unit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130375\/child-11-stabbed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Child (11) stabbed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130764\/police-nab-four-alleged-drug-pushers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police nab four alleged drug pushers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='984f1377e3fdecd71a107fcd3a8681f2'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police recently arrested a man for possession of an unlicensed firearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":131077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-131076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}