The provincial Trio Crimes and Drug Unit recently received a tip-off about a man keeping unlicensed firearms in Malvern East, Primrose.<\/p>\n
The police responded to the call and found a 50-year-old man at the given address.<\/p>
\u201cThe police asked to search the house and found a steel container full of live ammunition, a revolver, pistol and rifle,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, the communications officer for the Primrose SAPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen asked for the licence, the suspect could not produce one.\u201d<\/p>
The suspect was arrested on charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and live ammunition.<\/p>\n
He has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court, where the matter was postponed for a bail application. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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