{"id":151945,"date":"2017-05-21T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/151945\/truck-driver-nabbed-with-55-televisions\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:05:50","slug":"truck-driver-nabbed-with-55-televisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/05\/21\/truck-driver-nabbed-with-55-televisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver nabbed with 55 televisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After stopping a truck driver and searching the vehicle, on Tuesday night, members of the Moffatview SAPS arrested the driver.<\/p>\n<p>They arrested him after they found 55 television sets inside the truck and he could not produce proof of where they came from.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The police officers took the televisions to the police station and the items were linked to a business robbery which had occurred at LG Electronics in Gosforth Park, between 8pm and 10pm, on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEkurhuleni West Cluster Trio Task Team investigators are working around the clock to arrest the other suspects involved, as it is believed these suspects can be linked to other business robbery cases within the cluster,\u201d said Capt Andr\u00e9 de Jager, spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect, aged 32, was detained at the Germiston Police Station and charged with business robbery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/151634\/good-detective-work-leads-to-guilty-verdicts\/\">Good detective work leads to guilty verdicts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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