{"id":233759,"date":"2020-03-02T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233759\/couple-found-with-illegal-firearm\/"},"modified":"2020-03-03T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:12:34","slug":"couple-found-with-illegal-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/02\/couple-found-with-illegal-firearm\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple found with illegal firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acting on information given to them by an informer, officers from the Primrose Police Station visited the Marathon informal settlement recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe informer told police that a suspect would allegedly often use his firearm to threaten people within the informal settlement,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/230031\/busy-weekend-for-katlehong-police-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Busy weekend for Katlehong police<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Officers visited the address given by the informant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey found a man and a woman, aged 42 and 40 years old respectively, asleep in the shack,\u201d said Maome.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPolice introduced themselves and asked to search the shack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the search, officers found a red container, which contained a silver firearm, one magazine and three rounds of live ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice requested the licence for the firearm, but neither the man nor the woman were able to provide one,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe couple were arrested on a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm and live ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/230726\/primrose-detective-celebrates-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primrose detective celebrates conviction<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Both suspects have since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court, where their case was postponed for a bail application.<\/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\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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