Officers from the Primrose Police Station were called to the Marathon informal settlement, recently, to intervene in an argument between two cousins.
The officers requested that the complainant wait for them at the entrance to the informal settlement.
When they arrived they could not find the complainant, and decided to enter the settlement on foot.
During the patrol of the area officers found a man who fitted the description of one of the cousins who had reportedly been fighting.
“When the man saw the approaching officers he ran.
“He was cornered in a nearby shack,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“During a routine search of the suspect, a silver Norinco (firearm) with its serial number filed away was found.”
The 28-year-old was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm and held at the Primrose Police Station, until his appearance in the Germiston Magistrates Court.
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