Human trafficking arrests after men caught hiding women at Limpopo lodge: Three women suspected of being trafficked were rescued after police searched a Polokwane lodge.
Limpopo police spokesperson Col Malesela Ledwaba said the organised crime unit was alerted toIn one of the rented rooms on Friday, they found three men who claimed to be alone. During a search, however, police found three women “hidden in one of the compartments inside the room”.
The women, aged between 20 and 23, are believed to be Ethiopians. They had passports but these were not stamped and they were not authorised to be in the country. They were also placed under arrest, for contravention of the Immigration Act. The three men were arrested for human trafficking after preliminary investigations indicated the women were transported from Musina in the Vhembe district and were heading to Gauteng.
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