Police arrest husband and wife in possession of dye-stained money

Dye-stained money

Cape Town — A Multi-Disciplinary Task Team responsible for ATM bombings apprehended two suspects and recovered a stash of dye-stained money on Friday.

A team conducted an intelligence operation where they received intel over dye-stained money which was deposited into a bank account, a police statement said.

“The account holder was traced back to an address in Katlehong and it was discovered that the account was opened on behalf of a foreign national woman who is renting in that yard,” police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, said.

Nevhuhulwi said preliminary investigations led police to the women’s husband, who is also a wanted suspect for other cases of ATM building. Both were arrested and the dye-stained money was recovered at a salon that was owned by the woman.

The suspects are expected to appear before court on charges of suspected stolen property, while Gauteng Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni praised the team for a job well done.

As reported by IOL, police also warned the public not to accept any dye-stained money as it would be discoloured the ink used in securty devices in ATMs.

“ATMs hold cash in special containers that protect cash with dye-stain technology that is activated when someone tries to break open the container. Once activated, the cash is stained with a green dye, thus defacing the notes, rendering them unusable as currency,” police said.

Police added that the stained notes do not hold any monetary value once they have been stained and people who posses the notes are suspects of a criminal investigation that will determine if they were involved in any theft and unauthorised access to the ATMs.

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