JMPD Officers uncover an unapproved potato chips manufacturer and illegal immigrants in Marlboro

Whilst conducting a routine stop and search at Zinna Drive in Marlboro, Johannesburg, Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Region E officers stopped a white panel van with two male occupants.

The officers searched and found boxes in the vehicle. After close examination the officers found that the address on the packages of potato chips found in the boxes did not correspond with the manufacturer’s address, and they did not have SABS mark of approval.

The officers escorted the male occupants of panel van to the manufacturer’s address in Marlboro.
Environmental Health Inspectors were summoned to the scene and it was discovered that the owner doesn’t have a manufacturer certificate and the relevant documents for operating the business.
Home Affairs immigration was also called to the scene and they verified that seven employees at the business were illegal immigrants.

All seven of the undocumented persons were detained at Bramley Police Station and the owner of the business is still at large.

Issued by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Communication Unit.