Police have shut down a suspected counterfeit money operation, seizing several bottles of chemicals and reams of paper in a raid on a Silverton house in Pretoria.
Tuesday's late night raid followed months of investigation.
Police arrested a man and a woman.
Police spokesman Captain Johannes Maheso said that forensic investigators were analysing the paper and chemicals that had been seized.
Maheso said that the two suspects had been released on a warning and would appear in court soon.
Maheso said: "Analysts are now trying to determine exactly what the chemicals are.
"At this stage it is suspected that they are used to manufacture counterfeit banknotes.
"Detectives are establishing how long the suspects were allegedly manufacturing counterfeit money for and who they were apparently supplying the money to," Maheso said.
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