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Western Cape police have arrested a group of undocumented women and children who were hiding inside a bus trailer on the N1 close to Paarl . Police became suspicious when they noticed the bus offloading passengers next to the Sonstraal offramp. One of the passengers even tried to bribe the cops with R50,000, but instead, they were also charged with offering a bribe as well.
provincial spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, said police executed an arrest on charges of prevention and combatting of corrupt activities, an offence in terms of the Immigration Act and prevention and combatting of trafficking in persons. "The investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident will be conducted by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation.
could not disclose the number of people arrested at this stage of the investigation. Western Cape police seem to have had a busy weekend, and a bit of luck as well, as another routine stop on Saturday evening led to the discovery of a firearms cache, and drugs worth R3 million.
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