{"id":254658,"date":"2020-05-03T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=254658"},"modified":"2020-05-02T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:57:26","slug":"five-men-arrested-in-delville-following-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/05\/03\/five-men-arrested-in-delville-following-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Five men arrested in Delville following robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While on a recent patrol in Delville, members of the Germiston SAPS Task Team received a lookout over the police radio.<\/p>\n<p>They were alerted to four<b>\u00a0<\/b>suspects who had allegedly robbed three pedestrians of their cellphones.<\/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\/251798\/men-nabbed-for-selling-cigarettes-worth-r100-000-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Men nabbed for selling cigarettes worth R100 000 illegally<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cUsing the descriptions given, the police began looking for the suspects and soon spotted the men matching the descriptions,\u201d said Const Maxwell Mabunda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects were found in front of a local shop where they were allegedly trying to sell the cellphones to a person at the store. All five<b>\u00a0<\/b>men were arrested.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The four suspects were arrested on a charge of robbery, while the fifth suspect was arrested on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/253053\/germiston-police-arrest-72-suspects-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germiston police arrest 72 suspects<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cDuring the arrest a pistol and three rounds of ammunition were found in the possession of one of the suspects.<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects, aged between 23 and 27 years old, were taken to the Germiston Police Station where they will be held pending their appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court,\u201d said Mabunda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the 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