The Germiston SAPS Task Team gained a useful tip-off from a complainant whilst patrolling in the Germiston CBD, last Wednesday, leading to the arrest of a wanted suspect.
“The complainant informed the task team that he had seen a perpetrator he had previously laid charges of pointing a firearm and kidnapping against, on President Street,” said Const Maxwell Mabunda, communications officer for the Germiston SAPS.
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Together with the complainant, the task team made their way to President Street where a 34-year-old man was apprehended and detained at the Germiston Police Station.
“The suspect appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court last Thursday on charges of pointing a firearm and kidnapping and he was denied bail.
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“He is currently remanded in custody in Boksburg Prison,” said Mabunda.
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