Police nab suspect with unlicensed firearm and minerals
Officers conducted a search and found a silver-grey revolver with four live ammunition rounds.
Officers from the Ekurhuleni District Crime Intelligence Aggravated Robbery Team and the EMPD Task Team arrested a suspect on January 1 following a tipoff that he had been dealing in gold.
Allegedly, the suspect was seen several times doing business with different people.
Officers believed the suspect was armed and driving a red Toyota Etios with a Mpumalanga registration number.
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The team followed the suspect from the Alberton area until he was stopped on the R21 near Kempton Park and opposite Emperors Palace.
Officers conducted a search and found a silver-grey revolver with four live ammunition rounds.
The suspect could not produce a license for the firearm.
Also found in his possession was a large stone suspected to contain precious minerals.
The 62-year-old was arrested and detained at Kempton Park Police Station.
