TimesLIVE reports that three police constables will face charges of armed robbery, defeating the ends of justice and kidnapping after allegedly stealing a cargo of poached abalone being transported in a minibus taxi.
The trio, aged 28 to 30 and stationed with the major offences reaction team, were scheduled to appear in court in Somerset West on Monday. They were nabbed after an investigation into the incident, carried out on 21 July, by the anti-corruption unit. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut reported: “It is alleged that the members, while performing their official duties in Somerset West, pulled over the driver of a minibus taxi who was illegally transporting poached abalone from Hermanus to Cape Town. One of the police members drove the taxi to his residence, where the abalone was allegedly offloaded. The driver was dropped off not far from where he was kidnapped and instructed to go back to Hermanus. While walking towards Sir Lowry’s Pass he discovered his vehicle without the abalone. The matter was reported to police and the investigation led us to the members.”
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