{"id":146427,"date":"2017-03-14T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T04:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146427\/men-found-with-ivory-after-tip-off\/"},"modified":"2017-03-14T18:43:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:43:54","slug":"men-found-with-ivory-after-tip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/14\/men-found-with-ivory-after-tip-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Men found with ivory after tip-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While on a recent routine patrol in Malvern East, members of the Benoni K9 Unit received a tip-off about two men with ivory in their possession.<\/p>\n<p>Officers travelled to the Stanhope Road address given by the informant, where they found two men, aged 31 and 36 years old.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146429\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/10GCNCRIMEIVORL_02037-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/10GCNCRIMEIVORL_02037-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/10GCNCRIMEIVORL_02037-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/10GCNCRIMEIVORL_02037.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers searched the men and found a number of ivory pieces in their possession,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The men were arrested and the ivory was seized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects were first detained at the Cleveland Police Station before being transferred to the Primrose Police Station, where they were formally charged,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court, on a charge of possession of ivory, 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=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146441\/be-alert-and-aware-at-all-times-encourage-police\/\">Be alert and aware at all times, encourage police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146047\/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-katlehong\/\">Elderly woman found dead in Katlehong<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/145813\/couple-attacked-in-their-home-husband-shot\/\">Couple attacked in their Norton Small Farms home, husband shot<\/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='381ac716a6fd061917a8e73d2d23cc1d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Malvern East men were discovered with ivory in their possession after Primrose police received a 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