Two taxi drivers, a bakkie driver plus thirty-eight (38) undocumented Mozambican passengers, ages between 17 and 40, are expected to appear before the Barberton Magistarte’s Court on Monday, 12 August 2024.
They were arrested on Friday, 08 August 2024 at about 20:00 at Kaapmuiden. The arrest follows after information was received from Crime Intelligence regarding the two taxis which were transporting undocumented people from Mozambique to Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa.
Kaapmuiden SAPS, Local Criminal Record Centre and Border Police, followed up on the information, the taxis were spotted, stopped and searched at N4 next to Kaapmuiden Mpumalanga. During the search, a total of 16 women travelling with 10 toddlers, four teenage girls and 15 men were found without proper documentation.
The suspects were charged and detained on allegations of kidnapping, aiding, abetting and contravention of Immigration Act respectively.
The Nelspruit based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation was informed, invited to the crime scene and the case docket was handed over to them for further probe.
Source : South African Police Service