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TimesLIVE reports that seven police officers and a civilian appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on corruption charges.
Hawks spokesperson Lt-Col Simphiwe Mhlongo said members of the Durban serious corruption investigation unit arrested three off-duty police officials and one civilian on Sunday in connection with a complaint about corruption in Phoenix. He elaborated: “The complainant alleged while he was busy at his shop a customer entered and requested three boxes [cartons] of cigarettes. He paid R400 and was given his change. A few minutes later, four suspects entered the shop and one introduced himself as a police official. He introduced his accomplices as colleagues from Pretoria. They searched the shop and confiscated cigarette stocks, claiming they were counterfeit.” They then demanded the owner’s gun and drove him to the Phoenix police station where they demanded a R100,000 bribe to release him and his stock. The man contacted his wife, who managed to raise R79,500 and alerted the Hawks. A meeting point was arranged and the suspects were arrested after taking the cash. On Tuesday morning, four more police officials handed themselves over to the Hawks and were also charged for corruption. The eight suspects, aged between 31 and 54, were charged with corruption.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mfundo Mkhize at SowetanLive
- Read too, Seven police officers arrested for extortion linked to cigarettes in KZN, at The Citizen
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