Hillbrow detectives followed up on information about a man who was in possession of unlicensed firearms, upon searching him they found three firearms and ten cell phones with courier invoices in his possession.

Further investigations linked the individual to a business robbery that had taken place earlier that day at Evaton Mall near Sebokeng and resulted in the theft of cell phones.

The suspect who is a foreign national has other charges relating to business robbery and possession of stolen property which are pending at the police stations in Vanderbijlpark and Johannesburg Central.

In a separate incident, Tembisa police arrested a 39-year-old man after discovering an illegal firearm and ammunition in his possession at the Vusimusi hostel.

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