Police warn communities against opening fake cases

MONTCLAIR police are warning the community to refrain from opening up fake cases, following the arrest of a 36-year-old man, who claimed he had been accosted and his vehicle was taken.

The man, who was arrested and charged with defeating the ends of justice, appeared in the Wentworth

Magistrates Court, recently. He was released on R1 000 bail. The case was adjourned to later this month.

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Captain Cheryl Pillay, the Montclair police station spokesperson, said a complainant opened a case of an alleged carjacking at the Montclair Police Station on May 10.

“The complainant reported that armed suspects had accosted him, and thereafter forcibly took his motor vehicle, a white Toyota. This investigation was assigned to Detective Sergeant Msizi Cyprian Msomi of the serious and violent crimes unit.

“Msomi then engaged his informer network, and established that the complainant had sold his vehicle, and thereafter opened a false case. He was arrested for defeating the ends of justice on August 29. Further investigations led Msomi to a property in Inanda, where he recovered the vehicle,” she said.

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Colonel Trevor Small, the station commander of Montclair police station, commended Msomi for the swift investigation and arrest.

“We would like to also warn our community not to make false statements or open false cases. This is a crime and you will be arrested if found that you have lied under oath,” he said.

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