A guy has been detained after it was claimed that he paid for gas at a Pietermartizburg gas station using fake currency.
The suspect used five fake R100 notes to purchase fuel.
On Tuesday of last week, the man allegedly went to a gas station in Victoria Road. He paid R550 for gas while operating a white Toyota.
According to Magma Security, the suspect allegedly paid for the fuel with five fake R100 bills before leaving.
The security firm claimed that after that, their team started looking for the car that the man accused of using fake currency to pay with.
On July 24, a Magma Security officer saw the car parked at a different gas station on Armitage Road.
After being questioned, he allegedly confessed to the crime.
The policeman then made a call for assistance.
The aforementioned vehicle was spotted by a Magma Security Response Officer parked at the Caltex Garage on Armitage Road on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at around 00:15.
The member asked for backup and instantly shut off the parking area behind the vehicle.
Magma Security said.
After being questioned, the man allegedly acknowledged the crime. The SAPS received the suspect, the car, and he was taken into custody.
Investigations are ongoing, according to SAPS.
According to IOL, SAPS KZN spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala disclosed that the SAPS is looking into a theft case in Pietermartizburg.
“It is alleged that at 7:15 a.m. on July 19, 2022, a car being driven by an unidentified guy pulled into a gas station on Victoria Road in Pietermaritzburg.
The gas station attendant noted that the money being used to pay was counterfeit.
said Lieutenant-Colonel Nqobile Gwala, a spokeswoman for the SAPS.
R15 million worth of counterfeit items were seized at the Pan Africa and Joburg Malls.
In similar news, it was previously reported that on Wednesday, June 15, the police in Gauteng seized counterfeit products worth millions from two well-known retail malls in Johannesburg.
In the multidisciplinary operation, five people were taken into custody.
The raid was carried out by the Johannesburg District Police in collaboration with SARS Customs Services, Brand Protectors, EMS, HELP 24, the South African Pharmaceutical Regulator, American Homeland Investigators from the US Embassy, Fidelity Reaction Unit, BCI, and Public Order Policing, according to Captain Xoli Mbele, a spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS).
At the intersection of Jeppe and Troye Street, the Pan Africa Mall and Joburg Mall were both targets of the raid.
Mbele claimed that while the pharmaceutical authorities seized significant amounts of skin creams and other medicines that require a prescription, textiles and consumer goods were also seized.