{"id":108083,"date":"2015-12-11T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108083\/suspect-fails-to-escape-from-police\/"},"modified":"2015-12-11T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:10:27","slug":"suspect-fails-to-escape-from-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/11\/suspect-fails-to-escape-from-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect fails to escape from police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police recently stopped a suspicious-looking vehicle in order to search its two occupants.<\/p>\n<p>When the officers approached the 36 and 40-year-old men, in Holmoak Road, in Wychwood, one of them ran away from the police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The officers chased after the man and were able to corner him; he was brought back to the vehicle, where he and his accomplice were searched.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, officers found two 9mm firearms, 14 rounds of live ammunition, a pair of bolt cutters and Limpopo registration plates.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108084\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/50GCNCRIMEFIREL_90322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108084\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/50GCNCRIMEFIREL_90322-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Police seized bolt cutters, two firearms and Limpopo registration plates during the arrest of two men, in Wychwood.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/50GCNCRIMEFIREL_90322-520x390.jpg 520w, 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