KZN police nab 3 suspects for allegedly marrying off SA women to undocumented migrants
The discovery follows a series of raids by police in Durban, where hundreds of undocumented foreign nationals were arrested.
KwaZulu-Natal police on 28 October 2024 uncovered a premises in Greyville, Durban, used to marry South Africans to undocumented foreigners was also used to make fake visas. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News
DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal police have uncovered a premises in Greyville, Durban, used to marry South Africans to undocumented foreigners was also used to make fake visas.
The cops combed the vicinity on Monday afternoon after discovering the syndicate.
Upon arrival, officers said they found one of the occupants destroying documents.
“Most of them are not even in the country so that they could arrange spousal visa for them, so we used our Intelligence and found offices and arrested three of them," police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda.
Netshiunda added that officers found a lot of machinery used in the fraudulent process.
“We found photocopies and lots of documents and applications, lots of things that they use to communicate with Home Affairs.”
BREAKING NEWS: 3 Suspects have been arrested in the Greyville area of Durban, after police uncovered a clandestine office used to marry South African women illegally to undocumented foreign nationals in order to grant them citizenship. @_NMabaso
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) October 28, 2024