Three Chinese nationals, two males and a female will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 4 July 2024 for alleged fraud, illegal possession of firearms, and illegal possession of ammunition. The trio was arrested on 2 July 2024 by a multi-faceted team comprising different police units, government departments, private security, and forensic investigators.
Police investigators reacted to information about two houses in Woodlands – Bloemfontein where the suspects were using unknown machines to clone data and manufacture sim cards. A search and seizure operation, duly authorised by the court, was conducted. Sim cards of different service providers to an estimated value of over R1 million, suspected cloning machines, cash, two firearms, and rounds of ammunition were amongst items recovered at the two houses.
Free State Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Major General Mokgadi Bokaba has commended everyone involved in the operation for their diligence and teamwork.
Three fake data manufacturers arrested https://t.co/puHWWiy3vT#ArriveAlive #FakeDataManufacturers #Firearms @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/W3ayXFdCSJ
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) July 4, 2024
