While officers from the Primrose Police Station were on patrol with members of the Johannesburg K9 Unit recently they received a report that a stolen vehicle had been found in Primrose East.
The vehicle, which had been reported stolen in Garsfontein, was traced to the corner of Pretoria and Cherry roads.
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“When officers arrived on the scene they met a 46-year-old man who claimed he had bought the vehicle from a man in Tembisa,” explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“He was informed that he was in possession of a stolen vehicle and arrested.”
He was taken to the Primrose Police Station where he was formally charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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The accused has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court, where his case was postponed for plea and trial.
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