{"id":139377,"date":"2016-11-26T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/139377\/suspected-stolen-copper-and-aluminium-found-in-mens-possession-2\/"},"modified":"2016-11-26T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T06:06:22","slug":"suspected-stolen-copper-and-aluminium-found-in-mens-possession-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/26\/suspected-stolen-copper-and-aluminium-found-in-mens-possession-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected stolen copper and aluminium found in men\u2019s possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent routine patrol of Pretoria Road, officers noticed a suspicious-looking bakkie.<\/p>\n<p>Police stopped the vehicle and asked the two occupants, aged 36 and 38 years, to exit the vehicle and show officers what was in the back, as the items were hidden under a white sheet.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Under the sheet they found copper and aluminium cables, valued at R17 370.<\/p>\n<p>The men were unable to give officers any proof of ownership for the cables, and they were arrested for the possession of suspected stolen property.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The men have since appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where their case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/139032\/family-still-desperately-searching-for-missing-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Family still desperately searching for missing teen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/138782\/woman-nabbed-for-selling-liquor-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woman nabbed for selling liquor illegally<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='8856fb12d7049e10380c5fefdbb06f52'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men were recently nabbed for the possession of suspected stolen property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":139378,"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":[1041,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-139377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139377","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=139377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}