TimesLIVE reports that two Cape Town police officers have been sentenced to three years in jail for accepting bribes from a drug dealer.  

According to National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila, Mitchells Plain policemen Sgt Ryan Hopkins and Cst Malibongwe Ndzendze were handed six-year sentences, of which three years were suspended, by the Bellville Specialised Crimes Court on Tuesday.  They were convicted on 29 May after a protracted trial.  It was revealed during the trial that the two arrived at the drug dealer's house in Mitchells Plain.  Moegamat Garrett was not at home, but his wife called him and told him the officers were searching the premises for drugs.  When Garrett got home, the two officers confronted him about drugs found in the back garden.  Garrett ended up paying the officers R1,000 each in exchange for his release.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Aron Hyman at TimesLIVE

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