Tip-off leads to arrest of four business robbery suspects in Germiston
Four men were arrested in Germiston after EMPD officers acted on a tip-off, seizing unlicensed firearms and ammunition during an operation to prevent a suspected business robbery.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested four men in Germiston after receiving a tip-off about a suspected business robbery. The men, aged between 30 and 56, were found in possession of two unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
According to EMPD, Community Liaison Unit officers received information from a reliable source that four armed men travelling in a silver Mercedes-Benz were allegedly on their way to commit a business robbery in the Primrose area. Officers immediately issued a lookout for the vehicle.
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Police later spotted the vehicle on Shamrock Street. When the occupants noticed the police presence, they attempted to flee, but officers intercepted the car at the corner of Shamrock Street and Churchill Avenue.
A search of the vehicle uncovered a Glock 17 pistol and a CZ firearm, both with obliterated serial numbers, along with ammunition. None of the suspects could provide a valid explanation for possessing the firearms.
The four men were arrested and detained at the Germiston Police Station. They face charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and are expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court soon.
