Three people who are accused of making fake marriage documents to help foreign nationals become South African citizens have been arrested, police say.
When officers raided a building in Durban on Monday they seized application forms, copies of IDs and other evidence – which they said one of the suspects was caught trying to destroy.
Police believe many of the IDs were stolen from local women without their knowledge, then used to create fraudulent marriage certificates and visas for foreigners.
“When they come, they come as a married man to a South African woman. When they are here, they will divorce that woman,”regional police spokesman Col Robert Netshiunda told news site News24.