After conducting a raid at a Sandton home used to produce fake SIM cards, detectives from the Gauteng organized crime investigation unit took 45 individuals into custody.Thousands of SIM cards from all South African mobile cellular networks and a sizable number of PCs were discovered on Friday, according to police spokeswoman Lt-Col Mavela Masondo.
“Technicians from some of the mobile cellphone networks were called to the scene where they confirmed the SIM cards were imitations.”
Masondo said 43 suspected illegal immigrants and two South Africans were arrested. They are facing charges that include contravention of the Cyber Crime Act and fraud.
