{"id":135059,"date":"2016-10-08T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/135059\/alleged-cellphone-thieves-chased-down-and-caught\/"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:24:22","slug":"alleged-cellphone-thieves-chased-down-and-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/10\/08\/alleged-cellphone-thieves-chased-down-and-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged cellphone thieves chased down and caught"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While out patrolling in Germiston Sector One recently, Germiston SAPS officers were approached by a man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complainant told the officers that four men came into his shop and pretended they wanted to buy something,\u201d said Capt George Raphulu, the head of communications for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOne of the men allegedly grabbed the complainant\u2019s cellphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects then jumped into a silver VW Polo and drove away.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>A lookout for the Polo was broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Police members managed to spot the vehicle in President Street and gave chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey managed to stop the getaway car and the suspects were searched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were found in possession of the stolen cellphone, which the owner identified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men were arrested and detained at the Germiston Police Station. The getaway car was booked in as it was used in the commission of a crime,\u201d said Capt Raphulu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134991\/young-girl-leads-police-to-alleged-rapist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Young girl leads police to alleged rapist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134907\/empd-demolishes-illegal-trading-structures-in-katlehong\/\" target=\"_blank\">EMPD demolishes illegal trading structures in Katlehong<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='2a33363b2735b47c04a9703e9c184565'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston SAPS arrested four men after they allegedly pretended to be customers in order to steal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":135060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[989,979,1131,969,1032,2734,999,998,1137],"class_list":["post-135059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-cbd","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-saps","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-saps","tag-theft"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","germiston","Germiston CBD","germiston city news","germiston saps","melissa hart","police","SAPS","theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}