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He was arrested after a woman contacted the Tshwane metro police to find out why she had not been called for training after paying the man R6500 for a vacancy, said spokesman Console Tleane.

The man, 44, allegedly told the woman he was a metro officer, but this was not true, he said.

“The victim claimed that she paid the suspect R6500 in order to secure a position as one of the students.”

When she asked the man why she had not been called for training, he told her she needed to pay another R3000.

This was the amount of money found on the man when he was arrested b y the Tshwane metro police and the Hawks in Temba, North West.

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