{"id":55701,"date":"2014-03-27T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/55701\/pub-says-cheers-to-stolen-liquor\/"},"modified":"2014-03-21T21:38:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T19:38:03","slug":"pub-says-cheers-to-stolen-liquor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/03\/27\/pub-says-cheers-to-stolen-liquor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub says cheers to stolen liquor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Germiston SAPS confiscated a huge haul of allegedly stolen liquor, last Saturday.<\/p>\n

At about 11.30am, Consts Nhlahla Mthetwa, Emanuel Maake, Dumisane Mdabula, Lindelani Mthembu, Sandile Mbatha and Tebogo Choung were patrolling in and around Germiston Sector One, when they received information from a community member that a truck was busy offloading liquor at a pub in Knox Street, in the Germiston CBD.<\/p>

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The members followed up on the information and saw the truck parked in Knox Street in front on the Caribbean Sports Bar and Restaurant .<\/p>\n

As they got closer to the vehicle they saw men running away from it.<\/p>

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The officers managed to catch the driver, but the rest of the crew escaped.<\/p>\n

They had been busy offloading liquor and taking it into the pub.<\/p>\n

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The truck containing liquor which was off-loaded by the alleged thieves, at a pub in Knox Street, in the Germiston CBD, last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The SAPS members spoke to the owner of the sports bar and he showed them the storeroom where the liquor was packed.<\/p>\n

The driver could not produce a delivery invoice or any proof of documentation to say he was allowed to deliver the goods to the sports bar.<\/p>\n

The police members then arrested the owner of the pub and the driver of the truck.<\/p>\n

Other police members went to the warehouse where the liquor was stored, in Elandsfontein, and contacted the manager to come to the scene and identify the goods.<\/p>\n

A representative of the company came to the police station and identified all the stolen goods as their property.<\/p>\n

The liquor that was recovered has an estimated value of about R500 000 and it was handed back to the owner with a SAP 299.<\/p>\n

The driver of the truck has been charged with possession of stolen property and the owner of the sports bar has been charged with receiving stolen property.<\/p>\n

Both men were detained at the Germiston Police Station.<\/p>\n

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The two men who were arrested by the Germiston SAPS in a liquor bust, last Saturday, are watched by Consts Lindelani Mthembu (front, left), Dumisane Mdabula and Emanuel Maake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The Germiston SAPS thanks community members who come forward and give us information on any criminal activities in the city.<\/p>\n

“Together we can make a difference in the fight against crime, and we can make Germiston a safer place for all,” said WO Andr\u00e9 de Jager, spokesman for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n

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