In the first case, three police officers from Chatsworth appeared on a count of theft of cigarettes amounting to R62,500 and one count of corruption after they allegedly accepted a bribe of R4,000 from the complainant.
Eleven policemen appeared in the Chatsworth magistrate's court on Friday in connection with two separate cases of alleged theft of cigarettes and corruption.Eleven Durban police officers who were arrested on charges of theft and corruption — in two separate cigarette-related cases — have been granted bail.
The trio were arrested on Thursday by members of the Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit after they allegedly stole five cases of cigarettes from the complainant and allegedly accepted a bribe.
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