On Sunday, 15 September 2019, police arrested 3suspects aged between 42 and 51 for extortion and impersonating police officials. Captain Xoli Mbele spoke to Gauteng News and stated, “Our members were busy with their routine foot patrol crime prevention duties, at corner Jeppe and Small Street around 11am, when they spotted 2 males showing what appeared to be a police badge to the victim before searching him. Police stopped the 2 males and upon frisking them discovered 2 police rank structures in their position.”
In the second incident a suspect was also arrested for extortion and impersonating a police officer at corner Noord and Klein Street at 11:30am. The 42-year-old woman demanded passports from a couple and threatened to arrest them if they were not willing to pay a bribe. “The boyfriend didn’t have his passport on him and as a result the suspect solicited a R300 bribe”, explained Mbele.
The couple reacted quickly afterwards and alerted 2 police officers who were closeby about what had occurred. The female suspect was arrested and the couple’s money was retrieved.
An investigation is currently underway and suspects will appear soon in the Johannesburg Magistrate Court.
