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A tip-off from members of an Eastern Cape community helped police foil an armed robbery of a small town business.

Police spokesperson Capt Siphokazi Mawisa said a 48-year-old man, who was in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ten rounds of live ammunition, was arrested in the Elliotdale CBD on Friday.

“Valuable information shared by the community members resulted in the police preventing an armed robbery that was going to occur in a business place in Elliotdale.

 

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