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News24 reports that twelve members of the SA Police Service (SAPS), including a reservist, were arrested during the weekend in three separate incidents following their alleged violation of National Disaster Management Regulations, as well as corruption.
According to national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, in the first incident five members, including a police reservist attached to the Namahadi police station in Phuthaditjhaba in the Free State, were arrested because they were allegedly part of a group drinking alcohol at a local tavern on Saturday. The 44-year-old tavern owner was also arrested for violating the regulations on the prohibition of the sale of liquor. All liquor was seized and the tavern shut down. In the second incident, six members attached to the Brooklyn and Silverton police stations in Pretoria were arrested on Saturday after the Mpumalanga Anti-Corruption Unit received information that they had stolen more than R30,000 in cash from a group of people passing through a roadblock. In the third incident, a police officer was detained after he allegedly held a gathering at the police barracks in Soshanguve in Tshwane. Naidoo said while all the members faced criminal charges, internal SAPS processes would also be pursued.
- Read the full original of the detailed report in the above regard by Riaan Grobler at News24
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