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TimesLIVE reports that a Mpumalanga weighbridge master is set to appear in court after the Hawks arrested him for corruption. The 48-year-old man was apprehended at Wonderfontein weighbridge at about 7am on Saturday.
Hawks spokesperson Capt Dineo Sekgotodi said the suspect allegedly demanded R6,000 from a truck driver and threatened him with arrest for overloading if he did not comply. Sekgotodi said the driver phoned the truck owner and explained what had happened. He went on to report: “The truck owner asked to talk to the scale master and afterwards he transferred R5,000 into the driver's FNB account and told him to show the scale master the transfer. The weighbridge official ordered the driver to go to withdraw the money at the Puma garage. He could only withdraw R3,000.00. He had R1,000 in his possession and it was also demanded. The driver took a photograph of the money and handed the R4,000 to the scale master. He was further instructed to transfer R2,500.00 through EFT.” The incident was reported to the Hawks' serious commercial crime team in Middelburg. A team went to the weighbridge and the scale master was interviewed and searched. An amount of R6,490.00 was recovered. The suspect was arrested, charged and detained, pending his first court appearance.
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