TWO female police reservists were arrested for corruption for allegedly trying to extort money from a grandmother in Jabulani

TWO female police reservists were arrested for corruption for allegedly trying to extort money from a grandmother in Jabulani, police said .Police spokesperson Inspector Kay Makhubela said the two wome n, aged 29 and 39, respectively, first went to the 58-year-old grandmother in Jabulani three weeks ago.The women told the grandmother that her daughter had been arrested and the case had been thrown out but was now being reopened.They demanded R750000 from the grandmother, but she said she could only pay R20000.The women later organised to meet her on Saturday at the Jabulani Mall.The 58-year-old went to the police.The police went and hid at the mall. They photocopied all the money to be given to the women.The grandmother went with the women into a bathroom at the mall and gave them the money.The women were arrested.Police found out that the two women were reservists at the Moroka police station.They are being detained at Jabulani police station and have been charged with corruption.Makhubela said 108 suspects were arrested over the weekend in Jabulani for crimes ranging from rape to house robbery and theft .They will appear in the Protea M agistrate’s C ourt today

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