{"id":217985,"date":"2019-09-14T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/217985\/looting-in-buhle-park-leads-to-15-arrests\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:46:50","slug":"looting-in-buhle-park-leads-to-15-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/14\/looting-in-buhle-park-leads-to-15-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Looting in Buhle Park leads to 15 arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS were out in Buhle Park last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, between 11pm and 2am, combating crime in their area after residents started to loot stores owned by foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The shops looted were:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Buhle Park Discount Supermarket in Nitrogen Street was looted and the door was burnt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Yellow Spaza Shop in Nitrogen Street.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 White container in Obita Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 New tuck shop on the corner of Mutandi and Lex streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Blessing tuck shop in Prima Fasie Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ashaan Mini-Market in Niemann Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 White spaza shop in Dragon Street was vandalised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFifteen suspects were arrested during the violence and were due to appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court on a charge of public violence,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/217476\/ekurhuleni-activates-joint-operations-centre-turns-tide-against-xenophobic-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro assists displaced foreign nationals after attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/217203\/criminality-reigns-and-chaos-erupts-as-germiston-cbd-is-looted\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round up: Criminality reigns and chaos erupts as Germiston CBD is looted<\/a><\/p>\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>\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>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Also follow us on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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