An unemployed man, who was a passenger in a public-transportation vehicle, was arrested after an unlicensed pistol with fourteen live rounds was found tucked in his pants waist on Monday morning.

Police acting on intelligence, stopped the vehicle on the Ruimveldt Public Road about 05:00hrs and conducted a search on the suspect and found the 9 mm Taurus pistol and ammunition, a police report noted.

The 20-year-old suspect who hails from Mango Lane, East Ruimveldt is being processed for court.