S Africa police arrest mayor impostor

Police in South Africa have arrested a 28-year-old man for impersonating a local mayor.

He had attempted to extort a woman with a promise to give her a tender.

The man was taken to the Durban Central Police Station for processing and charged for extortion.

He will appear at the Durban magistrates court on 28 September.

South Africa police tweeted:

#sapsKZN A 28yr-old man was arrested yesterday by Provincial Organised Crime Unit and Metro Police at Berea for extortion after pretended to be the municipality mayor & offered a woman a tender on condition that she pay R200 000 in cash up front. TMhttps://t.co/EQ8Udff9ac pic.twitter.com/8NhrVSL9RO

— SA Police Service ???????? (@SAPoliceService) September 27, 2020