Popular actor arrested for child porn in ongoing SAPS and US crackdown

• Published date: 26 April 2024
• Author: TIMESLIVE
• Publication title: SowetanLIVE (Johannesburg, South Africa)

The arrest is part of collaboration by the SAPS' serial and electronic crime investigations unit and the US homeland department

The actor, who cannot be named until he pleads to the charges, was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday as he emerged from his Glenwood flat.

Witnesses said police spent more than an hour with him in his flat before he was placed under arrest.

"He looked like his soul had left his body," one said.

US officials were on the scene and witnessed the arrest.

He was taken to Umbilo police station and made his first appearance in the Durban magistrate's court on Thursday.

He was remanded at Westville Prison until May 2 when he is expected to apply for bail.

A source close to the investigation said his arrest was linked to the arrest of a 60yearold Umbilo man in November last year.

It would be alleged the pair shared images and videos containing child pornography and...