Sergeant Samkelo Honest Mlotshwa’s legal counsel claims that he could not have been involved in a kidnapping and that this is simply a case of mistaken identity.
A Lebombo Border police officer has been linked to the high-profile kidnapping of KZN businessman, Zakariyya Desai, from a KwaDukuza mosque in September.
Two Mozambican nationals, Esmael Nangy and Stefan Brites, were arrested in Gauteng on November 20. The following day, the KZN Hawks’ provincial tracking team raided two houses in Matsulu belonging to Lebombo Border police officer Sergeant Samkelo Honest Mlotshwa. This local policeman, who evaded capture that night, was eventually arrested late last week in Mbombela and taken to KZN where he made his first solo appearance in the KwaDukuza Magistrate’s Court last Friday, December 6.
The KZN Hawks’ spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Simphiwe Mhlongo, suggested more arrests could follow as the family has still been receiving ransom demands since the arrests. Seemingly perplexed by the unexpected blitz, Mlotshwa contacted the publication, punting a ‘big story’. The KZN Hawks had apparently raided his two homes at 01:00 and set fire to one. As he was not at home, his neighbours called Mlotshwa to tell him some ‘armed criminals’ were breaking into his house.
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