{"id":198394,"date":"2019-03-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198394\/wanted-kzn-murder-suspect-found-in-germiston\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:44:52","slug":"wanted-kzn-murder-suspect-found-in-germiston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/08\/wanted-kzn-murder-suspect-found-in-germiston\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted KZN murder suspect found in Germiston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston SAPS Task Team received an anonymous tip-off recently, citing the alleged possession of an unlicensed firearm by a man driving around the city in a Corsa bakkie.<\/p>\n<p>The officers were deployed to Exodus Street where the alleged suspected was reported to have been seen.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, the officers spotted the bakkie, driven by a man around the age of 45, fitting the description detailed in the tip-off,\u201d said Const Maxwell Mabunda, communications officer for the Germiston police.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198338\/suspect-shot-alleged-smash-grab-victim-fights-back-primrose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suspect shot after alleged smash-and-grab victim fights back in Primrose<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe officers searched the driver and found him in possession of a black pistol containing 12 rounds of live ammunition in the magazine.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The suspect was arrested on a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm, as he failed to produce a gun license when requested to do so by the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was detained in Germiston SAPS custody, and after being profiled it was found that he was a wanted suspect in a murder case opened in 2017 in KwaZulu-Natal,\u201d said Mabunda.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/197933\/man-found-with-knife-in-his-hand-outside-primrose-police-station\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man found with knife in his hand outside Primrose Police Station<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cOfficers from the KZN police collected the perpetrator at our station on February 23, to face the murder charges he was wanted for in KZN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Germiston community for constantly working with the police to ensure that criminals are arrested and working towards having a safer community for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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