This follows the arrest of a man from Ogies, in Mpumalanga, for pawning his car and opening a false case thereafter.
Subbiah warned the public not to open false cases because they will not succeed in Benoni.
Benoni police spokesperson Lieut Nomsa Sekele said that on July 10, the man came to the police station to report that his Toyota Hi-lux bakkie had been hijacked.
He said he had parked it at the intersection of Rothsay and Bedford streets and gone to withdraw money at a bank in Benoni.
“He claimed that, upon his return to his car, two armed men approached him and demanded that he hand over the money and car keys,” said Sekele.
The man had, however, pawned his car for R40 000 and was expected to bail it out on August 4.
“When he failed to do so, the pawn shop owner approached the police station with the necessary documents to get clearance for the car, so that he could sell it to recover the money,” said Sekele.
But police records had the car listed as stolen.
The pawn shop owner produced paper work proving the car was pawned by the driver.
He was then traced and arrested in Mpumalanga and charged with perjury.
