{"id":190690,"date":"2018-11-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/190690\/ekurhuleni-flying-squad-members-nab-two-in-katlehong\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T13:58:28","slug":"ekurhuleni-flying-squad-members-nab-two-in-katlehong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/11\/03\/ekurhuleni-flying-squad-members-nab-two-in-katlehong\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni Flying Squad members nab two in Katlehong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acting swiftly to a complaint in Katlehong on Thursday allowed Ekurhuleni Flying Squad members to arrest two.<\/p>\n<p>The members were busy conducting their normal duties when the complaint about a hijacked Isuzu LDV with two occupants inside it came in at about 10am.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSgt Willem du Preez and Const Tso Mokobane swiftly responded to the complaint and spotted the vehicle parked in a yard at a house, without a wall or fence, with the two occupants inside it in Mgadi Section, Katlehong,\u201d said Const Ntombikayise Ngcobo, communications officer for the Ekurhuleni Flying Squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey went closer to the vehicle and the driver and passenger jumped out of it.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The officers confirmed that the vehicle had been hijacked in Orange Farm.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, aged 29 and 39, respectively, were arrested on a charge of possession of a hijacked motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>They will appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/190305\/empd-saps-pounce-on-alleged-cyber-criminals\/\" target=\"_blank\">EMPD, SAPS pounce on alleged 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