{"id":146437,"date":"2017-03-15T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146437\/man-nabbed-for-alleged-drunk-driving-in-zinnia-street\/"},"modified":"2017-03-15T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:55:02","slug":"man-nabbed-for-alleged-drunk-driving-in-zinnia-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/15\/man-nabbed-for-alleged-drunk-driving-in-zinnia-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Man nabbed for alleged drunk driving in Zinnia Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent patrol in Zinnia Street, in Primrose, officers from the Primrose Police Station stopped a 32-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers stopped the man after noticing him driving recklessly,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>When they approached the vehicle they noticed that the man appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice became more suspicious when the man struggled to talk to them and could hardly stand when asked to exit the vehicle.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey searched the vehicle and found bottles of liquor,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and taken to hospital for blood samples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused was later taken to the Primrose Police Station where he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146427\/men-found-with-ivory-after-tip-off\/\">Men found with ivory after tip-off<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146047\/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-katlehong\/\">Elderly woman found dead 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='506ecadb97e5a8b9acdf36b0b03ed850'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primrose police arrest 32-year-old man for alleged drunk driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":146438,"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-146437","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\/146437","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=146437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}