On Wednesday 08 January 2025 at 16:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Community Liaison Unit (CLU) Officers, in conjunction with the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit Region E Officers and Gautrans Special Law Enforcement Unit Officers, apprehended three (3) male suspects between the ages of thirty-eight (38) and forty-seven (47) years and seized two hundred and fifty (250) sassa cards.
The multidisciplinary team were executing operational duties, when they stopped a suspected vehicle on Andrew Mapheto drive in Thembisa. The police officers searched the vehicle and found sassa cards. One of the suspect admitted to utilising the sassa cards for fraudulent criminal activities.
Suspects were arrested and detained at Thembisa Police Station.
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