23 foreigners caught, homemade step ladder, donkey carts seized

Cape Town –The South African Police Service (SAPS) Border Policing Team, through Operation Vala Umgodi, arrested 23 foreigners for contravening the Immigration Act at Beitbridge at the weekend.

According to police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, the police confiscated a homemade wooden step ladder and five donkey carts on the western side of Beitbridge in the Marooi area of the Vhembe District.

They also seized equipment believed to be used for smuggling people and counterfeit goods across the Limpopo River between Zimbabwe and South Africa

#sapsLIM #SAPS Border Policing Team in Limpopo through high-density Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested 23 suspects for contravention of the Immigration Act and subsequently seized a homemade wooden step ladder and five donkey carts on the western side of Beitbridge at Marooi… pic.twitter.com/4qpAXDncDk

— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) April 23, 2024

“In addition, members of the Border Police have discovered abandoned cargo worth thousands of rand; dagga weighing about 9.5kg along the borderline of Beitbridge Port of Entry while they were patrolling the borderline,” Ledwaba said.

The arrested foreigners were referred to Home Affairs immigration officers for deportation.

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