{"id":104125,"date":"2019-10-28T11:03:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T09:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=104125"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:32:53","slug":"handbag-snatchers-busy-town-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/28\/handbag-snatchers-busy-town-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbag snatchers busy in town central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very familiar modus operandi, where one robber distracts the driver while the other targets the passenger-side door, is being used to steal wallets, handbags and other valuables from vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have been warned to keep their doors locked and to be alert when travelling in Walter Sisulu Street, near Waltloo Meat &amp; Chicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handbag snatchers are active in Walter Sisulu Street, where they target motorists stuck in traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":68155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[21599,21600,21602,10010,9380,12898,21601,10333],"class_list":["post-104125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime-in-middelburg-cbd","tag-handbag-snatchers-active-in-middelburg-cbd","tag-handsak-grypers-aktief-in-middedorp","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-crime","tag-middelburg-news","tag-robbers-snatch-valuables-from-vehicles-in-cbd","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["crime in middelburg cbd","handbag snatchers active in middelburg cbd","handsak grypers aktief in middedorp","local news","middelburg crime","middelburg news","robbers snatch valuables from vehicles in cbd","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}