Two foreign nationals, aged 39 and 57, are expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Polokwane Review reports they were arrested during a joint police and Home Affairs operation on Wednesday at the Seshego Home Affairs office outside Polokwane.

Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba says the arrests followed a complaint from a 59-year-old woman who discovered she had been fraudulently registered as married to a foreign national without her knowledge or consent.

“The woman was informed of the illegal marriage when she visited the Department of Home Affairs for a personal inquiry. Records showed the unauthorised marriage was registered in Johannesburg on January 28, 2017,” his statement reads.

The case was reported to Polokwane SAPS, and a joint investigation with Home Affairs officials led to the arrest of the 39-year-old suspect, a manager at a Nirvana-based industrial bakery, on Thursday.

He has been charged with fraud.

“During the same operation, a second suspect was also arrested at the bakery for contravening the Immigration Act [13 of 2002], after he failed to produce valid documentation,” Ledwaba said.

Both are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow.

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