{"id":246666,"date":"2020-04-13T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/246666\/man-allegedly-attempts-to-leave-store-without-paying\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T06:03:57","slug":"man-allegedly-attempts-to-leave-store-without-paying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/04\/13\/man-allegedly-attempts-to-leave-store-without-paying\/","title":{"rendered":"Man allegedly attempts to leave store without paying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police arrested an 18-year-old man on a charge of shoplifting last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was made at a store in Rietfontein Road, Primrose, after the store\u2019s security guard called police to the scene.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe security guard told officers he noticed the man moving around the store acting suspiciously,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the man saw he was being watched he proceeded to the tills with his items, as if to pay.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233271\/community-warned-about-the-dangers-of-drunk-driving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community warned about the dangers of drunk driving<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/232111\/alleged-drug-peddler-caught-at-germiston-taxi-rank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alleged drug peddler caught at Germiston Taxi Rank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, he allegedly placed the items in his jacket pocket and passed the cashier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security guard stopped him, searched him and asked him for his proof of purchase for the items he found, which he was unable to provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was handed over to police, without injury, and taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>He will be held at the station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/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>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\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Busi Vilakazi (Journalist)\u00a0<a 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