{"id":195518,"date":"2019-01-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195518\/officers-root-out-crime-in-wadeville\/"},"modified":"2019-01-23T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T12:35:27","slug":"officers-root-out-crime-in-wadeville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/24\/officers-root-out-crime-in-wadeville\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers root out crime in Wadeville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Elsburg Vispol Unit and ADT Security Services personnel collaborated last Friday with the motive of rooting out criminals who have been terrorising Wadeville with the theft of motor vehicles and car break-ins.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged the police officers and security guards were driving in a convoy on Lantern Road when they noticed a man who was seemingly hiding behind the wheels of a stationary truck.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195351\/man-63-beaten-and-strangled\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albemarle man brutally attacked at his home<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe officers stopped to check what was going on with the unidentified man and found that there were two men hiding,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the men were questioned by the officers about what they were up to, they were unable to answer.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe men, now suspects, were searched and it was found that they were both pocketing screwdrivers and one had a knife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195230\/police-appeal-to-community-for-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police appeal to community for information<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The men, aged between 32 and 37, were arrested and detained in Elsburg police custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects are due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon to face charges of possession of car break-in implements,\u201d Phooko added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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