Man arrested for manufacturing ID documents in Joburg flat
Police have arrested a man for manufacturing fraudulent identity documents in his apartment.
The suspect was arrested on Thursday in the Johannesburg CBD.
Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela said the man, who is a Zimbabwean national, also manufactured various other documents.
“We were walking in the CBD to do foot patrol, so while walking a good citizen tipped the police officers who were walking on the street to say up there in that flat there is a Zimbabwean national who is manufacturing travel documents.
“He had opened his one-stop shop manufacturing whatever document you can think of. Drivers licence, smart card IDs, certificates, competence certificates for firearms. So our officers went there and they found this person hard at work busy manufacturing these documents and they arrested him.”
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The suspect was one of more that 800 people arrested during an anti-crime operation.
The suspects were nabbed for illegal immigration, murder, attempted murder and robberies.
“During our operations this (Thursday) morning, 24 undocumented persons were also arrested thanks to the assistance of the immigration officers who were with us during the operation,” said Mawela.
"We lso arrested seven people who were in possession of hard drugs. Five people were also arrested by the Department of Correctional Services. Those are the people who were released on parole and decided not to adhere to their parole conditions. So they are back in correctional facilities.”
