{"id":195129,"date":"2019-01-15T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195129\/one-nabbed-in-elsburg-for-alleged-drug-possession-and-live-ammunition\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T08:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:54:20","slug":"one-nabbed-in-elsburg-for-alleged-drug-possession-and-live-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/15\/one-nabbed-in-elsburg-for-alleged-drug-possession-and-live-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"One apprehended in Elsburg for alleged drug possession and live ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst patrolling in the Elsburg area, administering crime prevention duties, Lt Col Roelien Opperman, together with a private investigator, Marius van der Merwe, recently made a successful arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The two noticed a suspicious-looking man sitting near a postbox near the Spar Centre, on Voortrekker Road.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey approached the unknown man and requested to search him,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer of the Elsburg police.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194718\/empd-intensify-crime-prevention-operations-over-festive-period\/\" target=\"_blank\">EMPD arrest 987 in Ekurhuleni over festive period<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cUpon searching the man, aged 38, they found a clear plastic bag containing white powder suspected to be drugs in his possession.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe was also in possession of one packet of dagga and one round of live ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No firearm was found in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect was apprehended and detained at the Elsburg Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court on January 8, facing charges of dagga possession and possession of live ammunition,\u201d said Phooko.<\/p>\n<p>Following his court appearance, the man was remanded in Boksburg prison custody, pending his reappearance in court on March 20.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195000\/man-nabbed-for-rietfontein-road-business-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man nabbed for Rietfontein Road business robbery<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e 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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News 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