{"id":73232,"date":"2014-11-12T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/73232\/man-arrested-for-the-possession-of-copper-cables\/"},"modified":"2014-11-12T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T07:32:43","slug":"man-arrested-for-the-possession-of-copper-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/11\/12\/man-arrested-for-the-possession-of-copper-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for the possession of copper cables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police recently arrested a 27-year-old man in Main Reef Road, in Primrose.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested for the possession of suspected stolen property after officers received a complaint from a member of the community about someone burning copper cables in Main Reef Road.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOfficers rushed to the scene, where they found the complainant who took them to the scene,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>It was there that officers discovered the accused.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>They questioned the man, but he was unable to give a clear explanation as to where the copper had come from or produce proof of ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested and later appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where the matter was postponed.<\/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='9e0e40a51b6ed794dbcfbd46410ba102'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man cannot explain where copper came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":73233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1041,5537,8297,1772,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,5536,4090,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-73232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-burning-cable","tag-community-2","tag-copper-cable","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-possession-of-stolen-goods","tag-possession-of-suspected-stolen-property","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","burning cable","community","copper cable","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","possession of stolen goods","possession of suspected stolen property","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73232","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=73232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}