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The Citizen reports that the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) have arrested three suspects in Pretoria, including an official from the Department of Health (DOH), for allegedly extorting R10,000 from a prominent businessman before he could get onto a building site.
According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu, the men were arrested on Tuesday during a sting operation in Temba, north of Pretoria. It is alleged that the suspects, Lucky Molefe, a DOH information officer, along with Thato Maphutha and Tebogo Matjila, denied contractors access to a site for the purpose of completing a project at the DOH in Temba. They allegedly demanded an amount of R10,000 from the Pretoria businessman concerned. “A swift response from the investigation team resulted in the apprehension of the trio at Temba Service Centre. Police recovered the R10,000 entrapment money in cash,” Mulamu said in a statement. The trio appeared in the Temba Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and were granted bail of R2,000 each. The case was postponed to 29 July for further investigation.
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