AN UNEMPLOYED Pietermaritzburg mother who allegedly mastered the art of manufacturing counterfeit money after watching endless videos on Google and Instagram, was recently arrested in a late night raid by police at her Bombay Road home.
Shobana Manipersadh, 42, a qualified geotechnician, appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court last Thursday on charges of producing and manufacturing counterfeit money.
She was arrested after months of surveillance of her home and several businesses on Bombay Road by members of the uMgungundlovu Crime Intelligence Unit, the Mountain Rise Crime Prevention Unit, the Mountain Rise K9-Unit and