Suspect arrested with fake police identification and drugs

POLICE from the South African Police Service (SAPS) nabbed a man for possession of drugs and fraud this weekend in the Musgrave area of Berea.

Police in Berea have opened cases of impersonating a police officer and possession of drugs and fraud against the 38-year-old foreign national who was found in possession of rock cocaine and a fraudulent police identification card on Vause Road in Musgrave on Saturday, February 10.

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According to SAPS Colonel Robert Netshiunda, police were executing their crime prevention duties when they stopped and searched the man, “A subsequent search at his place of residence on Oakleigh Drive led to the recovery of fraudulent fishing permits, more fraudulent police identification cards, fraudulent refugee asylum work permits, a police date stamp, as well as 15 rounds of ammunition.”

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Netshiunda added that a computer and other equipment, believed to have been used in the production of fraudulent documents, were seized for further investigations.

“The suspect is expected to appear in court on Monday,” said Netshiunda.

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