{"id":71508,"date":"2014-10-23T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/71508\/smoke-leads-officers-to-suspect\/"},"modified":"2014-10-23T09:23:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T07:23:24","slug":"smoke-leads-officers-to-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/10\/23\/smoke-leads-officers-to-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke leads officers to suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police recently arrested a 39-year-old man and charged him with the possession of suspected stolen property.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71510\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/43GCNCRIMECABLLH_563195065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71510\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/43GCNCRIMECABLLH_563195065-423x317.jpg\" alt=\"The 39-year-old man who was recently arrested by the Primrose police and charged with  possession of suspected stolen property.\" width=\"423\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/43GCNCRIMECABLLH_563195065-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/43GCNCRIMECABLLH_563195065-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/10\/43GCNCRIMECABLLH_563195065.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 39-year-old man who was recently arrested by the Primrose police and charged with possession of suspected stolen property.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The arrest was made while officers were on a foot patrol in the Marathon informal settlement.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>They noticed smoke and approached the scene cautiously, and discovered the man burning what appeared to be cables.<\/p>\n<p>When the officers questioned the man he was unable to explain where he had obtained the cables.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He was arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station, where he was formally charged.<\/p>\n<p>He later appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for trial.<\/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='0a8ddaad1c78d73b557663e728653f32'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man caught burning 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