A 29-year-old man will appear in the Port Elizabeth magistrates’ court on Monday on a charge of perjury.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Pricilla Naidu said the man reported to police that he had been hijacked in Central late on Friday night when he stopped to relieve himself.
"He further stated that he was approached by three males who shoved him into his vehicle and drove to Havelock street where he was robbed of his money, cellphone and the vehicle’s keys," she said.
"The van was loaded with wines and none of that was taken. A case of carjacking was opened by SAPS Humewood detectives" Naidu said.
"Detectives were suspicious about the man’s version of events and on further probing it was established that he had lied,” she said.
Naidu said it emerged that the suspect had in fact parked in Havelock Street with a female companion in the vehicle when he was robbed.
She said he was detained and a case of perjury opened at Humewood police.
