{"id":48548,"date":"2013-11-15T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/48548\/joint-operation-yields-resultsorfourteen-arrested-on-drug-charges\/"},"modified":"2013-11-15T09:17:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T07:17:54","slug":"joint-operation-yields-resultsorfourteen-arrested-on-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/11\/15\/joint-operation-yields-resultsorfourteen-arrested-on-drug-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint operation yields results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent joint operation between the Primrose SAPS, the SAPS K9 Unit and the Gauteng Flying Squad yielded 14 arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The operation took place in the Primrose policing area, on November 8.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The police were searching for drugs and the majority of the arrests were for possession of dagga, while four were for other narcotic substances.<\/p>\n<p>The people arrested ranged in age from 20 to 40 years.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>SAPS deputy provincial commissioner Lieut-Gen Phumudzo Gela sent extra manpower to Primrose to help get rid of drugs in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Operations like these will be conducted on a regular basis until the area is free of drugs,&#8221; said Const Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the people arrested paid admission of guilt fines, while others appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court and their cases were postponed for various reasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b2385ae6de2a909f2ad7b45f9922af69'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen arrested on drug charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":48549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Melissa Hart","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1112,979,999,997,998],"class_list":["post-48548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-drugs","tag-germiston","tag-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["drugs","germiston","police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}