{"id":23758,"date":"2011-12-29T18:18:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/ekurhuleni-metro-cops-granted-bail\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T18:18:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:18:27","slug":"ekurhuleni-metro-cops-granted-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/ekurhuleni-metro-cops-granted-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni metro cops granted bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/polopoly_fs\/sep-20-scales-gavel-1.1141069!\/image\/1591032271.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/box_300\/1591032271.jpg\" alt=\"sep 20 Scales Gavel\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two Ekurhuleni metro police officers who spent Christmas behind bars after being arrested for corruption were granted bail on Thursday in the Brakpan Magistrate&#8217;s Court.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Shongwe, 38, cluster commander of the Ekurhuleni metro police department, was granted R15,000 bail and Rolsten Pillay bail of R12,000.<\/p>\n<p>They were warned to appear again on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>Shongwe allegedly threatened motorists with arrest, unlawfully impounded vehicles, extorted money from motorists, and confiscated goods from street vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Pillay, who was arrested earlier in December following a tip-off, had approached authorities for a plea bargain deal, according to earlier reports.<\/p>\n<p>The two were believed to be have been part of a syndicate. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/ekurhuleni-metro-cops-granted-bail-1.1205966\" title=\"Ekurhuleni metro cops granted bail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ekurhuleni metro cops granted bail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> . Two Ekurhuleni metro police officers who spent Christmas behind bars after being arrested for corruption were granted bail on Thursday in the Brakpan Magistrate&#8217;s Court. Patrick Shongwe, 38, cluster commander of the Ekurhuleni metro police department, was granted R15,000 bail and Rolsten Pillay bail of R12,000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekurhuleni metro cops granted bail - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/ekurhuleni-metro-cops-granted-bail\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ekurhuleni metro cops granted bail - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\". 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