SAPS
Police in the Western Cape believe they have broken the back of a fraud syndicate following the arrest of six suspects in Mitchells Plain and Bo-Kaap.
The first four suspects were arrested on Monday when police noticed two suspicious vehicles while patrolling in Mitchells Plain.
Police found 49 SASSA cards hidden in a box of chocolates when they stopped and searched the Toyota Avanza and a light delivery vehicle.
Further investigations led Police to a property in Albow Gardens in Cape Town where a further 191 SASSA cards were seized.
Police say the suspects also led them to an address in Bo Kaap where a 56-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man were arrested.
A total of 427 bank cards from various institutions were found in their possession.
The woman and the five men, between the ages of 18 and 56, will appear in court soon on charges of possession of suspected stolen property as well as contravening the Electronic Transactions Act.
