01 December 2014
Eight suspects are expected to appear in court on charges of theft, fraud, theft by false pretences and contravening the immigration act.
This follows on an operation
by the Hawks, Crime intelligence and the Department of Home Affairs in KwaZulu
Natal.
The investigation conducted
was to take down a syndicate that was responsible for many illegal immigrants
entering the country with falsified documents.
Colonel Jay Naicker said further
targets that assisted the syndicate in obtaining stolen identity documents and
falsifying documents as well as those who orchestrated bogus marriages were
arrested in a well-co-ordinated operation.
Naicker said thus far a total
of eight suspects were arrested by police. Hundreds of documents as well as
passports, identity documents, cell phones and laptops were seized during the
raids.
Naicker said according to the
documents seized by police the syndicate was responsible for immigration crimes
affecting people of many foreign nationalities entering South Africa.
“The suspects will be charged
for theft, fraud, theft by false pretences and for contravening the immigration
act Naicker added.
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