{"id":114569,"date":"2016-03-03T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114569\/four-illegal-taverns-closed\/"},"modified":"2016-03-03T08:52:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T06:52:36","slug":"four-illegal-taverns-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/03\/four-illegal-taverns-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Four illegal taverns closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four illegal taverns were closed and three men were arrested as the Primrose police continued to crack down on the illegal sale of alcohol<\/a> in the area, recently.<\/p>\n

The arrests were made during an operation that saw officers visit several of Primrose\u2019s informal settlements.<\/p>

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Crates of alcohol were confiscated during the operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to experience problems with alcohol abuse in the area.<\/p>

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\u201cWe believe that this leads to an increase in crimes like assault, rape, domestic violence and murder, and we will continue to conduct these type of operations in the informal settlements,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n

The arrested suspects, aged between 34 and 53 years, appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court where they were ordered to pay an admission of guilt fine and were released with a warning.<\/p>\n

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