GAUTENG – Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo reports that police arrested two females aged 57 and 58, along with two males aged 36 and 48 after they were found in possession of R2 million counterfeit money.
The suspects were arrested in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, on Friday, 20 August 2021, following intelligence driven information.
“Police Officers from the Gauteng Provincial Commercial Crime Unit and Crime Intelligence Unit, received information about individuals who are in possession of counterfeit money and planning to commit crime.
“An intelligence driven operation was conducted and police pounced on four suspects who were found in possession of R2 million. Police established through an official from the Reserve Bank that the notes were indeed counterfeit. The four suspects were arrested and charged with possession of counterfeit money.”
The four have since appeared at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court facing charges of possession of counterfeit money.
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