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Three Internal Affairs officials, ages 30 to 42, were arrested for corruption in a sting operation at Jane Furse.
Three Limpopo officials employed by the Interior Department were arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday for corruption after allegedly demanding a bribe rather than arresting a man who was in the country without the necessary paperwork.
The three, ages 30 to 42, were detained in a sting operation on Jane Furse on Tuesday.
“The suspects, which include a Nebo Internal Affairs control immigration officer and two Jane Furse Internal Affairs immigration officers, allegedly conducted a routine inspection at one of the foreign-owned stores and found an undocumented immigrant “Hawks spokesman Captain Matimba Maluleke said in a statement. statement.
“Instead of arresting him, the officials allegedly demanded a bonus of R10,000 for his release. The amount was reportedly reduced to R4,000 and was paid by the victim to the suspects.”
The incident was reported to the Hawks, who detained the three suspects after they “promptly conducted an investigation.”
The trio will appear in the Motetema Justice of the Peace on Wednesday.
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