Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at Wanderers Taxi rank corner Noord and Wanderers Street on 6 August.
“Police were busy with their routine crime prevention duties at a taxi rank when they saw a suspicious male. When he saw police he changed direction. They stopped and searched him and recovered an unlicensed firearm with live ammunition,” said Captain Xoli Mbele.
#sapsGP Police arrested a 26-year-old male at Wanderers taxi rank in Johannesburg yesterday while performing #CrimePrevention duties for possession of an unlicensed firearm & ammunition. #GunsOffTheStreets MLhttps://t.co/8JkM3WqOLe pic.twitter.com/g1nAzVUpu1
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) August 7, 2019
Mbele said the firearm will be sent to ballistic testing to ascertain if it was used in the commission of serious and violent crimes. The investigation is underway and the suspect will appear soon in the Johannesburg Magistrate s’Court.
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