Primrose police arrested a 23-year-old man, last Saturday, in Stanhope Road, Malvern East.
The man was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and live ammunition.
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The arrest was made during a routine police patrol of the area, when officers noticed a suspicious vehicle.
“They stopped the vehicle and asked to search the four occupants,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“During the search officers found a revolver containing four rounds of live ammunition hidden in the accused’s boot.”
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When he was unable to provide a licence for the firearm he was arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station.
He has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court, where his case was postponed for a bail application.
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