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A man was on Friday charged at a Thika court with being in possession of ammunition without having a firearm certificate.

Julius Karagu was arraigned before the Resident Magistrate Ngare Gesora charged with being in possession of two rounds of nine-millimeter caliber ammunition.

The court heard that on September 10, 2015, at Ruiru town the public tipped off police officers of a robbery incidence and upon arrival at the scene, the officers arrested the accused as a suspect.

The prosecution told the court that police searched the accused's premises and allegedly found two bullets which were forwarded for testing where its was proved by a firearms examiner that they were indeed live bullets.

He denied the charge and was released on a bond of Sh50,000 with one surety of a similar amount.

The hearing was set for October 29.