Overview
- JMPD officers in Mulbarton were alerted to eight half-naked teenagers who could not speak English, and an eyewitness described them as malnourished and injured.
- Police learned two more boys had been taken in a blue VW Jetta, intercepted the car, and ended a high-speed pursuit on Commissioner Street with the driver’s arrest.
- The suspect, aged 47 and a foreign national, is expected to appear in Booysens Magistrate’s Court on 8 January on suspected trafficking and immigration charges.
- The operation involved JMPD, the Hawks, SAPS Mondeor and private security partners, and the case has been registered with Mondeor police with inquiries continuing.
- Authorities say the boys are believed to be from an African country, and recent BMA actions at OR Tambo and Beitbridge provide broader context on trafficking routes.