The EMPD once again hit the streets of Germiston, last Thursday, in their Operation Bumper to Bumper, targeting illegal traders.<\/p>\n
The operation took place between 2pm and 10pm and focused on Oosthuizen, Railway, Jack and Park streets.<\/p>
\u201cTraders without the necessary documentation decided to flee,\u201d said Lieut Kobeli Mokheseng, media liaison officer for the EMPD.<\/p>\n
\u201cEMPD officers concentrated on the streets where the pavements were being obstructed by hawkers failing to adhere to regulations and hawkers who were selling counterfeit goods.\u201d<\/p>
Mokheseng added that genuine entrepreneurs had lodged a complaint that they were losing business due to illegal trading.<\/p>\n
\u201cLawbreakers sighted us approaching and fled, leaving behind their goods.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe confiscated furniture, second-hand clothing, counterfeit DVDs and CDs, perishables (fruit and vegetables) and brooms,\u201d Mokheseng said.<\/p>\n
The impounded goods can be re-claimed from the EMPD offices in Elsburg on payment of a R200 fine and R150 for storage fees.<\/p>\n
Perishables are discarded if not claimed within 48 hours and a three to seven day grace period is afforded for non-perishables.<\/p>\n
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