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Sunday Independent reports that police top brass are trying to cover up for a major-general who allegedly took a sex worker to his house for a night of passion where she allegedly drugged him, ransacked his home and stole his service firearm, bank cards, cellphone and laptop with sensitive information.
The general from crime intelligence went to Villieria police station in Pretoria on 6 August to open a case of housebreaking and robbery. He allegedly told police that he was robbed by armed suspects at “around 04:06 to 04:13” in the morning while he was sitting in a car with a friend and that the “suspects entered premises from an empty house next door.” But he allegedly failed to disclose that he had brought a woman to his house while his wife was away and that she drugged him before ransacking his house. “The laptop and the tablet stolen contained classified information including crime intelligence budget as well as some of the police informers’ details,” a senior police officer claimed on Saturday. Sources within the police said a crime intelligence officer who was part of the unit investigating “the housebreaking and robbery” at the General’s house, was allegedly removed from the case to silence him after he recovered the stolen items. “They are now trying to charge the investigating offer with extortion claiming that he tried to blackmail the General after he allegedly interviewed the sex worker who confessed to the robbery and drugging,” another officer claimed. “This case was taken from the initial investigator and given to crime intelligence in Gauteng to make sure that the culprit is protected and the matter is covered up,” the source alleged. The policeman involved refused to answer any questions and referred all the questions to the police spokesperson. The Independent Police Union of SA (IPUSA) has called on the national commissioner to suspend the general “with immediate effect and allow investigations to take place”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika at Sunday Independent
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