Following an investigation into the burglary that occurred at the weekend at the office of the Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, South African police have arrested three men.

According to Ceoafrica, Police boss, Khomotso Phahlane, said that "various items, including unlicensed firearms and fake identity documents, were seized during the operations".

In the burglary on Saturday, 15 computers containing confidential information about the country’s judges were stolen.

The theft raised suspicion because it came a day after the Constitutional Court delivered a judgement that was critical of the government.

But the police chief said there was no evidence that this was related.

The three men are expected to appear in court later today.

Meanwhile there has also been a suspicious break-in at the home of the former social development director-general Zane Dangor; police are investigating if the two incidents are linked.