A man recognised a suspect who allegedly robbed him in Kempton Park while he was walking in Beaconsfield Avenue, in Primrose, last Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He managed to flag down a passing police patrol vehicle and informed them of what he had seen.<\/p>
\u201cOfficers took the man to Rietfontein Road, where he identified the suspect, who was working as a security guard,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose SAPS.<\/p>\n
Police arrested the security guard.<\/p>
Officers found a firearm hidden under a blue carpet during a search of the man\u2019s shack in Marathon informal settlement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accused was unable to provide officers with a valid licence for the firearm,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
The suspect will appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon for possession of an unlicensed firearm, after which he will be handed over to the Kempton Park police to face robbery charges.<\/p>\n
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