Ekurhuleni police arrest 13 suspects for dealing in repackaged expired food
The metro's mayor Mzwandile Masina says the suspects are foreign nationals from Pakistan.
Ekurhuleni MMC for Community Safety Frans Mmoko at the warehouse where the suspects were allegedly manufacturing counterfeit goods. Picture: @mzwandileMasina, Twitter.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) have arrested 13 suspects for dealing in counterfeit goods.
The arrest followed a tip-off which led the EMPD to a warehouse in Springs on Friday night.
“The preliminary investigations reveal that suspects repackage expired food like sweets, cakes, fish and chicken.”
Following a tip off, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) arrested 13 suspects for dealing with counterfeit goods at a warehouse in Springs last night. The preliminary investigations reveal that suspects repackage expired food like sweets, cakes, fish and chicken. pic.twitter.com/fgXjRWOPA1
— CITY OF EKURHULENI (@City_Ekurhuleni) August 8, 2020
Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina on Saturday shared a video clip on Twitter in which the metro’s MMC for community safety, Frans Mmoko, points out “a whole lot of buckets of rejected raw material” allegedly used by the suspects to “remanufacture chocolates” and other goods.
Last night an EMPD Officials arrested 13 Pakistan Nationals & closed down a factory where they were producing Fake Food from rejected & expired raw materials. Our people were being poisoned with this rubbish. It makes me furious. Great work from the EMPD and MMC Mmoko!???????? pic.twitter.com/pRxukTmxHK
— Mzwandile Masina (@mzwandileMasina) August 8, 2020
According to Masina’s tweet, the suspects are foreign nationals from Pakistan.
He said the EMPD “closed down” the warehouse.
“Our people were being poisoned with this rubbish. It makes me furious. Great work from the EMPD and MMC Mmoko,” Masina tweeted.
In another tweet, he said: “The township economy must be owned and run by the residents of townships. It is clear these heartless criminals from foreign lands do not care about the health and well being of the African child. How do you sell rejected and expired food to children? They must rot in jail for life!”
The Township Economy must be owned & run by the residents of townships. It is clear these heartless criminals from foreign lands do not care about the health & well being of the African child. How do you sell rejected and expired food to children? They must rot in jail for life! pic.twitter.com/l97pplf41Y
— Mzwandile Masina (@mzwandileMasina) August 8, 2020
(Compiled by Makhosandile Zulu)
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