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Seven foreign nationals arrested and R1.4m in stock and a trailer recovered in Benoni

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On Friday 31 October 2025 at 09:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Intervention Unit Officers, inconjuction with South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Officers and other stakeholders, arrested seven (7) foreign nationals between the ages of twenty-five (25) and thirty-eight (38) years, in Benoni.

Following on information received from a reliable source, about a truck that was reported hijacked in the early hours of the morning in Pretoria. Officers proceeded to a plot on Gwendeleon street in the Petit area. Upon arrival, they caught the seven foreign nationals in act, offloading stock from the said truck that is worth R1.2 million.

While searching the property, Officers also recovered additional stock, that was reported stolen last month with a Dawn Park case number.

The group was detained at the Crystal Park police station, facing charges of possession of a reported hijacked vehicle, possession of stolen goods and being in contravention of the Immigration Act. The suspects are excepted to appear before the Benoni Magistrate’s Court soon.

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