{"id":7634,"date":"2013-07-15T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T10:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2013-07-15T12:12:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T10:12:36","slug":"police-arrest-company-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/07\/15\/police-arrest-company-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest company driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-year-old man was arrested by the Primrose SAPS after his alleged hijacking story did not add up.<\/p>\n<p>Const Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police, said the driver of a company was given instructions not to stop anywhere to deliver goods until he went for a police escort at the police station.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect did not follow instructions and decided to deliver the goods without a police escort,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>Maome also informed the GCN that due to the series of hijackings in the area, the police had made an agreement with the company to escort their drivers when they would make deliveries in the area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe driver alleged that he was hijacked on Rietfontein Road by two men who pointed a firearm at him and demanded the car keys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver also alleged that before the hijackers left, they searched him and his crew and took their cellphones,\u201d added Maome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have never experienced any hijackings since we started escorting the company drivers during their deliveries in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is only until recently when the driver decided not to come to the station.<br \/>\n\u201cAs the police, we strongly believe that there has been foul play on the part of the company driver,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was later recovered in Katlehong with the goods worth R100 000 missing.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigations are underway.<\/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='77bb14f6132ea06dea456584b7d5581e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver lies about hijacking on Rietfontein road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":7635,"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":[1041,989,999,1000,997,998],"class_list":["post-7634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-crime","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","crime","police","primrose","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634","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\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}