Naicker said the officers demanded the cupboard keys before they removed cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash.
Four Durban metropolitan police officers have been arrested after they failed to hand in confiscated cigarettes and cash from a business owner to Tongaat police, while a fifth SAPS official was arrested for extortion.
According to SAPS, the arrest of the four officers, aged between 30 and 42, follows an investigation by the Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit into a corruption and theft case reported on 10 June 2020. “The four suspects received intelligence about a shop owner suspected to be selling cigarettes at La Mercy in Tongaat,” police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said.The owner denied selling the cigarettes, but indicated that he had locked up his cigarettes in a cupboard.“They did not hand in the cigarettes and cash at any police station,” said Naicker.
He is accused of extorting money from an individual who was arrested for assault and crimen injuria during March 2020.For more news your way, download The Citizen’s app for
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