Shoot-out leads police to stolen cars and high calibre firearms at a house in Lombardy East
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Johannesburg - The police in Gauteng have arrested one suspect and recovered high calibre firearms, including AK-47 rifles, after a shoot-out with suspects at a house in Lombardy East, near Alexandra township.
Police were conducting routine patrols at about 7am on Friday when a shoot-out ensued with suspects after they noticed one of them was armed. The three suspects had been travelling in a Toyota Quest and were looking suspicious, police said.
Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said the shoot-out started when police approached the suspects to search the suspect.