Three suspects busted for producing false passports and worker permits in Addo

Members from the Uitenhage Cluster are determined to continue with their efforts to effectively address crime and in line with our Back to Basics approach of targeted and informed deployment of resources, SAPS members will continue to arrest those involved in crime. An intelligence driven operation was conducted on Friday, 12 October 2018 and three suspects (ages between 20 -40-years) were arrested at their residential homes in the Kirkwood and Addo areas, for falsifying work/study permits and passports in the Addo and Kirkwood areas. All the equipment used to allegedly falsify these documents were confiscated. Three cases of falsification of documents and fraud were registered and all the equipment (laptops, cellphones, printers, scanners, cameras, etc) worth more than R30 000 were handed over to the SAPS Cyber Crime Unit to be analyzed.

The three suspects, Shegiru Inu (35), Heinrich Booysen (22) and Godfrey Chimutashu (29) appeared this morning, Monday, 15 October 2018 in the Kirkwood Magistrate’s Court and the matter was postponed until Friday, 19 October 2018. Inu and Chimutashu are remanded in custody and Booysen was released on bail.

The acting Uitenhage Cluster Commander, Brigadier Ronald Koll has commended the team for their efforts and emphasized that team work plays a vital role in combating crime effectively. Brigadier Koll said: “Members from the South African Police Service will trace and arrest those involved in crime, because there is no place for criminals in our communities”.