The Citizen reports that two police officers have been arrested by the Serious Corruption Investigation team in the Vaal Rand in Gauteng on charges of theft and defeating the ends of justice.

According to Colonel Katlego Mogale, Rapulane Tlholoe and Ndavheleseni Musetha, who were attached to the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit, attended to a cash-in-transit (CIT) crime scene in the Joburg Langlaagte area in January this year. During the heist, a group of armed men used explosives to bomb an armoured vehicle to gain access to the safe. One suspect was arrested while four others died from gunshot wounds they sustained in a shootout with police. Other suspects made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, leaving the vehicle they had used to ram the armoured vehicle off the road burning. On arrival at the crime scene, the two officers allegedly placed the scattered cash inside four forensic seal bags to book them in at the police station. “On arrival, allegations are that the suspects only submitted two sealed forensic bags,” Mogale indicated. “Further investigation revealed that the suspects kept one torn sealed forensic bag with an undisclosed amount of money in their vehicle. More cash was discovered inside the cubbyhole and later placed in another sealed bag to be submitted as evidence, with one sealed bag missing.” The officers appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

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