{"id":166747,"date":"2017-11-18T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166747\/police-clamp-down-on-the-illegal-sale-of-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:14:15","slug":"police-clamp-down-on-the-illegal-sale-of-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/18\/police-clamp-down-on-the-illegal-sale-of-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Police clamp down on the illegal sale of alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primrose police closed down two illegal taverns and arrested two suspects, aged 27 and 31 years old respectively, during an operation in the Marathon informal settlement, last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The accused were charged with selling liquor without a licence after they failed to show police their liquor licences during a search of each of their taverns.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166677\/altercation-ends-in-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Altercation ends in fatal shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166628\/suspects-arrested-in-katlehong-stop-and-search\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suspects arrested in Katlehong stop-and-search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice seized a large amount of alcohol from each of the taverns which were taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alcohol will be destroyed at a later stage,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>One of the suspects paid an admission of guilt fine and was released with a warning while the other remained in custody pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are warning the community of Primrose\u2019s informal settlements to refrain from selling liquor without a valid license as we will keep on conducting similar operations week in and week out until we win the war against the illegal sale of alcohol,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following 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