WESTERN CAPE. – A 37-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, 5 November, in Kensington after goods valued at R432 745 were recovered during a police investigation into an alleged fraud syndicate. The syndicate allegedly targeted hardware stores and used false identity documents to purchase goods on credit, which were then sold on the black market.
The investigation is linked to several fraud cases reported in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Gauteng. Const. Ndakhe Gwala, police spokesperson, says crime intelligence identified several storage facilities in the province allegedly used by the suspects. Police conducted surveillance on Thursday of a storage facility in 11th Street, Kensington, after receiving information about a delivery of goods allegedly fraudulently purchased from a business in East London. The man who received the goods was arrested on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property.
He is expected to appear in the Cape Town magistrate's court on Monday. Police anticipate further arrests as the investigation continues.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
