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Two arrested on human trafficking charges in Joburg; minibus taxi with Mozambican number plates
5:22 CAT | 17 Jun 2022
Two suspects were arrested by the JMPD on charges of human trafficking. Photo: @JoburgMPD / Twitter
- After being questioned a woman told JMPD officers she received R3.5k to bring the foreign nationals to SA for a better life.
Two suspects were arrested by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) for human trafficking. The male and female suspects were arrested in the Johannesburg CBD on 15 June.
How did the arrests happen?
While conducting patrols along Wanderers and Noord Street, operations officers stopped an overloaded silver Toyota Quantum minibus taxi with Mozambican number plates.
Officers searched the vehicle and found that all the passengers within the vehicle were undocumented foreign nationals. Officers attempted to question the passengers and a lady in the vehicle spoke on their behalf so they would not be arrested.
Why were they coming into SA?
The lady informed the officers that each passenger paid her R3 500 to come to South Africa for a “better life and to get a job”. The man driving the minibus taxi was paid R1 000 per person in the vehicle.
The woman alluded that they transport people from Malawi crossing the Mozambique border into Mzansi.
Spokesperson for the JMPD Xolani Fihla said the driver and the woman were arrested and detained at the Johannesburg Central South African Police Service (SAPS) station.
“Immigration officials were contacted for the processing of the 20 passengers who came into the borders of South Africa illegally,” said Fihla.
The woman who was arrested said the foreign nationals paid her R3 500 to bring them to SA.
One male and one female suspect were arrested by the JMPD officers for Human Trafficking in the JHB CBD.
The lady futher alluded that they transport the people from Malawi crossing the Mozambique border into South Africa.
All the passengers were undocumented foreign nationals. pic.twitter.com/A6nG9kFtVy— Vehicle Trackers (@VehicleTrackerz) June 17, 2022
Source: The South African
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