KZN Police Turn The City Upside Down As They Hunt Down Illegal Migrants
Reneilwe Morema reports on KZN police tightening the grip on illegal migrants occupying hijacked buildings. KZN Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli said the operations are to combat crime, target undocumented foreign nationals and deport them to their home countries. At least 123 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested during an early integrated operation in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
The multidisciplinary operation involving the South African Police Service (SAPS), Metro Police, Correctional Services, Home Affairs and other law enforcement agencies also saw the recovery of counterfeit US dollars equivalent to R4.1 million at Point, Durban CBD. Six buildings were raided and one of them was found to be a municipality-owned building which was illegally occupied, and a person who was allegedly collecting rent money from illegal residents of that building was taken in for questioning. During the operation, a total of 117 rounds of ammunition of various calibre of firearms and large amount of liquor were recovered and seized. Two of the hijacked buildings were disconnected of water and electricity which were connected illegally,”