TMG Digital reports that eight alleged corrupt police officers – including two female officers - were arrested at the Golela Port of Entry in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.  

The police ministry indicated in a statement that the officers would be charged with crimes such as corruption‚ extortion‚ defeating the ends of justice as well as forgery and uttering.  “These arrests are in line with what Minister Fikile Mbalula said‚ that we will get rid of corrupt elements within our ranks‚” the ministry said, adding that the arrests “must serve as the warning to all corrupt police officers that their days are numbered.”

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