IOL reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) Western Cape Anti-Corruption Unit have arrested a police constable attached to the Lentegeur detectives for allegedly defeating the ends of justice after he tried to protect an alleged drug peddler from being searched by officers.

The incident took place in April this year. This week the unit arrested the constable. He had been in the company of the alleged drug peddler, who had visited a known Lentegeur drug house before travelling with the police officer in his car. After the unit had stopped the two and the officers wanted to search the alleged peddler, the detective asked them not to as he had been with the suspect. When the search took place, cocaine was allegedly found in the suspect’s possession. The alleged drug peddler was then arrested. Police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk reported that after an investigation, the docket was submitted to the Department of Public Prosecution and a warrant of arrest was issued and executed on Wednesday. “The member appeared in court the same day and was released on R1,500 on bail. The case was adjourned to July 12 2023, at Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court for a regional court date,” he advised.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL

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