{"id":98763,"date":"2015-09-07T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/98763\/man-found-with-unlicensed-firearm\/"},"modified":"2015-09-07T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T07:36:57","slug":"man-found-with-unlicensed-firearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/07\/man-found-with-unlicensed-firearm\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found with unlicensed firearm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During on a recent patrol in a known crime hotspot, the Primrose police arrested a 38-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who was arrested on the corner of Beaconsfield Avenue and Dahlia Road, was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, when police found a black Norinco, with its serial number filed away, in his possession.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDuring his interrogation the suspect alleged that he was in the area to commit a hijacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claimed that it is the only way he can make a living,\u201d said 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<p>The man has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for a bail application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you maybe interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/88239\/four-men-found-with-unlicensed-firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four men found with unlicensed firearms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/63440\/man-nabbed-with-unlicenced-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quick work leads to arrest of wanted man<\/a><\/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='0502244811716e693be8c0228dadcdd3'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man intended to commit crime \u2013 says police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":98764,"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":[1041,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,5321,1000,1480,997,998,8418],"class_list":["post-98763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-possession-of-an-unlicensed-firearm","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps","tag-unlicensed"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","possession of an unlicensed firearm","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS","unlicensed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98763","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=98763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}