{"id":69477,"date":"2017-07-18T10:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T08:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=69477"},"modified":"2017-07-18T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:01:17","slug":"expensive-whisky-stolen-dullstroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/18\/expensive-whisky-stolen-dullstroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Expensive whisky stolen in Dullstroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Adams, co-owner of Wild About Whisky said that security footage revealed how the inconspicuous couple managed to slip a bottle of Glenfiddich 26, valued at R6 000, from the shelve and hide it under the man\u2019s jacket before leaving the shop.<\/p>\n<p>All the while the couple were making small talk with an unsuspecting woman behind the counter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69479\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69479\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky1-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky1-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple slips the whisky off the shelve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Adams later posted screenshots of the couple onto Facebook in an attempt to track down the whisky thieves. He said that he has not yet opened a case but might do so once the suspects are traced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learned a lot about our security through this incident,\u201d says Mr Adams. He said that the main aim of posting the pictures onto Facebook was to warn other businesses about the couple.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69480\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69480\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky2-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky2-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/07\/whisky2-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The woman behind the counter suspected nothing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wild About Whisky is described as the best stocked whisky bar in the southern hemisphere with over 1 100 different types of whisky to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you recognise the couple, contact the\u00a0<i>Middelburg Observer<\/i>\u00a0on 072 248 3855.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seemingly normal couple managed to steal an expensive bottle of whisky from under the nose of one of the co-owners of a whisky store in Dullstroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":69478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69477","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\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}