Six Pakistanis arrested in SA

Johannesburg, Jun 26: The South African police has nabbed six Pakistani civilians for running a fake passport shop in Pretoria. According to reports, a large number of forged birth certificates, IDs, work permits and South African passports were recovered from the shop during the raid.

Confirming the arrests Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Home afffairs minister said "the raid on the Pakistani-run office in Brits must be welcomed by all South Africans as a sign of the unflinching determination of the government to root out corruption in our society."

There are upto 2,500 Pakistanis in various locations across of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban and many of them are involved in drug smuggling.

ANI