JMPD IIOC/CCTV Specialised Unit officers arrested seven suspects for alleged fraud and possession of suspected stolen diesel on 11 September at about 9.50pm.
According to a statement released by Chief of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department David Tembe, the officers were patrolling around the Jeppestown area along Albermarle Street when they came across four men standing outside a house and in possession of 25-litre containers.
Tembe said the officers stopped to investigate and found that the containers were filled with diesel. When asked where they got it from, the suspects said they had bought it, but couldn’t produce invoices.
“Officers then went inside the yard and empty containers were found. The owner of the premises then pointed out a room where one male stayed. Inside that room, two males and one female were found,” said Tembe.
The room was then searched and officers found counterfeit money, a card reader, identity documents and petrol cards which the suspects couldn’t account for. The police also seized counterfeit US dollars ($97 100 which amounts to + – R1,4 million) a card reader, petrol and bank cards, identity documents, passports, a death certificate, and 25-litre containers of diesel suspected to be bought with the petrol cards and two bakkies.
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