{"id":54990,"date":"2014-03-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/54990\/men-attempt-to-tow-vehicle-awayorwould-be-car-thieves-try-to-tow-vehicle-away\/"},"modified":"2014-03-14T09:23:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T07:23:42","slug":"men-attempt-to-tow-vehicle-awayorwould-be-car-thieves-try-to-tow-vehicle-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/03\/14\/men-attempt-to-tow-vehicle-awayorwould-be-car-thieves-try-to-tow-vehicle-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Men attempt to tow vehicle away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two men, aged 26 and 30 respectively, were recently arrested for the theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

The arrest was made when patrolling officers noticed a vehicle being towed down Premula Road.<\/p>

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Officers recognised the vehicle, but not the man driving it.<\/p>\n

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The vehicle recovered from two would-be car thieves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The officers decided to call the man they knew to own the vehicle,” explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>

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“The vehicle’s owner told officers that he had left his car in a local parking lot, as he had experienced gearbox problems, but he had not given permission for his car to be towed.”<\/p>\n

Officers then stopped the two men and asked who had told them to tow the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Neither could offer a sufficient explanation and they were both arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n

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