BREAKING NEWS: A foreign national (38) has been arrested for running an Internet cafe where he was producing fraudulent South African IDs.

A 38-year-old foreign national was arrested by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department in Benoni for producing and selling fraudulent documents.   The arrest followed reports of fake electricity receipts found at the Chief Albert Luthuli informal settlement in Cloverdene.   Officers traced the documents to an internet café on Bedford Avenue, where the suspect allegedly admitted to printing and selling the fake receipts for R250 each.  Police also uncovered other fraudulent documents, including fake smart ID cards, appointment letters, work permits, traffic registers and foreign driver’s licences.   Equipment used to produce the documents was seized.   The suspect is facing fraud and Immigration Act charges and is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court.