Four alleged ATM scammers have been arrested in Cape Town. According to Kevin Jacobs from Cape Town Traffic, the suspects were detained during a routine traffic stop in Tokai. Traffic officers had stopped the vehicle earlier this week on the Main Road, after officers discovered the vehicle was fitted with false number plates.

Four alleged ATM scammers have been arrested in Cape Town

Jacobs says further investigation led to the arrest of the occupants. They face charges in connection with possession of stolen property, fraud, and ATM scamming. He says preliminary probes have linked the suspects to crimes committed in Table view on 13 May 2026. These cases involved incidents of alleged scamming, fraud and theft.

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Jacobs says the suspects were travelling in a white Kia Sonet when officers found several exhibits inside the vehicle. He says they confiscated eight bank cards, four cell phones, one false identification document, four false number plates, and two two-way radios. Jacobs says the four suspects are aged 51, 37, 38 and 26 years. Following the incident, they were detained at Kirstenhof SAPS.