The EMPD Bronberg precinct and the Eastern Region Task Team arrested 13 undocumented foreign nationals on January 19 in an illegal immigrant operation.
The nine men and four women were intercepted on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Second Street and taken to the Springs police station for further investigation by immigration services.
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The operation, according to EMPD spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa, was designed to reduce the number of undocumented people on the streets of Ekurhuleni.
“Law enforcers will sustain the momentum and partnership with other stakeholders to crack down on unlawful activities and illegal immigrants,” said Thepa.
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