False crime reporting will get you into trouble
“We are getting stricter because we are sick and tired of people committing crime and thinking they will get away with it".
People who are reporting falsified cases such as hijackings so they can claim on their insurance will be in trouble with the law, says Moroka Police Station communications officer John Serala.
He didn’t provide an exact number but Serala said the number of false cases opened at the station is high and that people should stop it as it lands them in serious trouble.
“Moroka police are sending a strong message to criminals and residents who commit crime and who come to open false cases/perjury to defraud insurance companies that they will also be arrested.
“We are getting stricter because we are sick and tired of people committing crime and thinking they will get away with it, this is South Africa, a country with strict laws and we as law enforcers we won’t bring peace to anyone that breaks our laws.”
Serala said: “It’s not only hijackings even those people who open assault and rape charges and later drop them, will be in trouble because it’s a waste of state resources and we cannot allow that to happen anymore.
“It has now become a trend for people to come to us and demand that we open a case and in two or three days or even worse, the following day, they come and withdraw the case and we are keeping a sharp eye on that.”
