{"id":71739,"date":"2014-10-29T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/71739\/beer-confiscated-during-arrest\/"},"modified":"2014-10-29T08:57:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T06:57:15","slug":"beer-confiscated-during-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/10\/29\/beer-confiscated-during-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer confiscated during arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Primrose police recently arrested a Makause informal settlement resident for selling liquor without a licence.<\/p>\n

The arrest was made when officers were on a foot patrol of the area.<\/p>

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During the patrol officers noticed a group of people sitting and drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers stopped and observed people going in and out of a nearby shack with bottles of beer,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>

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They approached the place and asked the owner for permission to search the premises.<\/p>\n

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Crates containing beer bottles were also confiscated by the Primrose police during the arrest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During their search officers found a number of beers and asked the owner for his licence, which he could not provide.<\/p>\n

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A number of bottles of beer confiscated by the Primrose police.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The police arrested him and took him to the Primrose Police Station for detention.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to have similar operations in our informal settlements to reduce the high volume of liquor-related crimes,\u201d added Maome.<\/p>\n

The suspect appeared in the Germiston Magistrate Court where the case was postponed for trial.<\/p>\n

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