Gauteng police have denied registering a case involving two Brazilian pilots who found themselves having to walk to Kempton Park from Sandton after an argument with sex workers at the weekend.

Reports indicate that the pilots were linked to the G20 summit, where about 42 countries and institutions were represented at the meeting that started on Saturday.

The delegations included countries like Brazil, France, Australia and Germany.

On Tuesday, while addressing the media, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, in the company of Provincial Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni, briefly mentioned the incident.

He said the police were called to intervene after they stumbled upon the two gentlemen who were walking in the area of Sandton towards Kempton Park.

“We had two pilots from Brazil, who were in an Uber with two ladies that they met at an entertainment venue. After failing to agree to a certain transaction with the ladies, the two pilots decided to leave the Uber and attempted to walk to Kempton Park from Sandton. The police intercepted them and provided the necessary support.”

It is reported that the two pilots were apparently in the country as part of the recently concluded G20 Summit.

According to media reports this incident, which is said to be on the incident book at the Sandton Police Station, occurred after a night of club-hopping with the two pilots accompanied by two women.

However, things turned sour when the men failed to reach an agreement on how to pay for the services and the women refused to leave the e-hailing car.

As a result, the pilots were forced to abandon their hired vehicle and walked towards their Kempton Park hotel.

A police officer, noticed the commotion and intervened. 

When confronted by the officers, the women are reported to have given their version of the story, which suggests that they had spent the night with the two gentlemen moving from one nightclub to another with a promise of a R2,500 payment, which did not materialise.

However, on Wednesday, speaking on behalf of the Gauteng police, Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi denied reports that the Sandton Police have recorded such an incident in their occurrence book.

“Sandton does not have a record of such a case.”

He suggested that a case number would help him track the case.

Lesufi and Mthombeni revealed that in total, 13 people were arrested following 14 reported cases of violent protests and thefts, and other crimes targeting international delegates.

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