{"id":213091,"date":"2019-07-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/213091\/police-send-warning-to-community\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T08:25:50","slug":"police-send-warning-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/30\/police-send-warning-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Police send warning to community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primrose police are warning the community to be on the lookout for two men who are allegedly robbing jobseekers of their cellphones.<\/p>\n<p>The men are reportedly operating in Rietfontein Road.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/211983\/katlehong-couple-arrested-allegedly-in-possession-of-r22-000-worth-of-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Katlehong couple arrested allegedly in possession of R22\u00a0000 worth of drugs<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe two middle-aged men, one with a scar on his left cheek, will allegedly approach people looking for jobs and ask them to place their cellphone in a brown envelope which is sealed once the phone is inside,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim is then told to go home and only open the envelope when they get home.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen the victim opens the envelop they discover their phone has been taken and replaced with a piece of wood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to our community not to trust unknown individuals too quickly as people can take advantage of this trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/213000\/be-on-the-lookout-for-these-vehicles-in-primrose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be on the lookout for these vehicles in Primrose<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>You can report sightings or suspicious activity to the Primrose Police Station on 011 842 0522 or the patrol vehicles on 071 675 6864\/5\/6\/7\/8\/9.<\/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>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" 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