Mothibistad police shut down shebeen at bogus Mozambican voting station

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Northern Cape
 

NORTHERN CAPE – The members of Mothibistad SAPS A-relief operationalised information regarding a shebeen operating at a bogus Mozambican voting station and arrested a 37-year-old foreign national.

On Wednesday, 09 October 2024, in Mapoteng, Mothibistad, the SAPS members pounced on the unsuspecting Mozambican National, who was allegedly operating a shebeen from the bogus Mozambican voting station and immediately shut it down.

Police confiscated a substantial amount of alcohol and a speed point machine.

The Mothibistad Crime Prevention unit assisted and confiscated a freezer, and the owner was issued with R1000-00 fine.

The Department of Home Affairs Immigration Services detained the undocumented Mozambican National under Sec 49 for contravention of the Immigration Act. The investigation continues.

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