{"id":130349,"date":"2016-08-13T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130349\/tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-four\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:30:13","slug":"tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/13\/tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip-off leads to arrest of four"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two businesses in Wadeville were broken into, last Tuesday, by a gang of six men.<\/p>\n

The robbers, finding security guards on duty at the businesses, approached them and four of the intruders tied them up at gunpoint, using shoelaces.<\/p>

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They were then robbed of their cellphones and one was robbed of his revolver, loaded with a magazine containing eight rounds of live ammunition.<\/p>\n

During the break-ins, computers, a .38 special revolver, a LCD TV, a decoder and a CCTV recorder were taken.<\/p>

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Elsburg SAPS task team members started investigating and mounted stop-and-searches in the area.<\/p>\n

Through these they received a tip-off and were given the address of the suspects\u2019 residence in the Roodekop informal settlement.<\/p>\n

The police went to the address and arrested four men on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were detained at the Germiston Police Station and are due to appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon, on a charge of business robbery,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo suspects are still at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stolen car spotted in Primrose<\/a><\/p>\n

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