{"id":129935,"date":"2016-08-07T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129935\/smash-and-grabber-nabbed-by-police\/"},"modified":"2016-08-08T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T07:00:41","slug":"smash-and-grabber-nabbed-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/07\/smash-and-grabber-nabbed-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash-and-grabber nabbed by police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston police received a tip-off involving a smash-and-grabber, active at the corner of Tide and Knights roads, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice rushed to the scene where the man was waiting to smash-and-grab motorists at the traffic lights,\u201d said the head of communications for the Germiston SAPS, Capt George Raphulu.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect ran as soon as he saw the police, who gave chase and managed to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect, aged 34, was in possession of a knife, laptop and three cellphones.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect will be charged with possession of car-breaking implements and will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court, soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-129935 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/07\/smash-and-grabber-nabbed-by-police\/attachment\/32gcncrimegrabps2_21078\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/32GCNCRIMEGRABPS2_21078-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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