{"id":89887,"date":"2015-05-21T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/89887\/be-aware-of-this-crime-tactic\/"},"modified":"2015-05-21T09:08:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T07:08:58","slug":"be-aware-of-this-crime-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/21\/be-aware-of-this-crime-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Be aware of this crime tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS is warning the community to be alert at all times.<\/p>\n<p>Currently criminals are using the following modus operandi:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects appear to be asking for a lift (hitchhiking), or asking for transport to take items to a certain place,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you stop, they then hold you at knife\/gunpoint and rob you.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe community is urged to be alert, as they will steal all your possessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People are urged to be alert in the following areas: Sarel Hattingh Street, Brug Street, Heidelberg Road and Voortrekker Street, in the Elsburg CBD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are also advised not to try to apprehend the robbers, because they are at all times presumed to be armed and dangerous,&#8221; Phooko added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso be alert at filling stations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Report any suspicious-looking people or activities at your nearest police station.<\/p>\n<p>Other crime articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/89793\/dog-poisoners-hit-mimosa-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dog poisoners hit Mimosa Park \u2014 16 dogs poisoned in two weeks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/89612\/have-you-seen-this-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Have you seen this vehicle?<\/a><\/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='f0b1ad2343324b739027ce1d1fcfb738'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg SAPS are warning the community to be alert at all times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":89910,"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":[989,1318,1509,979,969,999,7445,998,1137],"class_list":["post-89887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-elsburg","tag-elsburg-saps","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-police","tag-robbers-melissa-hart","tag-saps","tag-theft"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","elsburg","Elsburg SAPS","germiston","germiston city news","police","robbers. melissa hart","SAPS","theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89887","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=89887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}