{"id":175874,"date":"2018-03-29T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175874\/operation-fiela-continues-in-the-streets-of-germiston\/"},"modified":"2018-03-29T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T12:48:53","slug":"operation-fiela-continues-in-the-streets-of-germiston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/03\/29\/operation-fiela-continues-in-the-streets-of-germiston\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Fiela continues in the streets of Germiston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a patrol of the streets of Germiston, as part of the on-going Operation Fiela, officers from the Germiston Police Station confiscated a number of counterfeit products.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175526\/police-investigate-the-attempted-murder-of-ward-61-councillor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate the attempted murder of Ward 61 councillor, following shooting<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The operation, which was launched in Germiston on February 21, sees officers from all departments of the SAPS and EMPD joining forces to take a stand against crime.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday is all about the operation launched by our minister of police Fikile Mbalula last month \u2013 Operation Fiela,\u201d said SAPS provincial commissioner of Gauteng, Lt Gen Deliwe de Lange at the launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOperation Fiela translates to \u2018sweep\u2019, and we plan to sweep across Gauteng targeting hijacked and derelict buildings which have been known to be used by the homeless and prostitutes.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will also be searching for wanted criminals during the operation, especially those accused of aggravated crimes such as house robbery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn short, we are reclaiming the streets of Gauteng for our community so that they feel safe to walk in the streets,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175374\/dangerous-weapons-confiscated-from-local-tavern\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dangerous weapons confiscated from local tavern<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Operation Fiela continues.<\/p>\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>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" 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