Three corrupt Police officers have been arrested in Durban today and are alleged to have taken part in corruption, extortion and kidnapping.
Three high ranking officers are amongst the arrests, one aged 56 who is ranked as Captain and two Warrant Officers aged 39 and 43.
All three are due to attend the Durban Magistrate’s court tomorrow (1st September 2020).
“It is alleged that on 5 August 2020, police officers from the National Intervention Unit entered a business premises on North Coast Road in Redhill where they found undocumented employees. They demanded cash from the employer in exchange for him not being arrested. The suspects took him to his room where he kept cash and took a sum of money from him. They demanded more money from the man and took him to a bank to withdraw cash. The man informed the bank manager of what had transpired. The bank manager contacted local police as the victim managed to flee in an e-hailing taxi. A case was opened at the Greenwood Park police station and assigned to the Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit for investigation.”
South African Police Service, Brig Jay Naicker
Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula welcomes the arrests and has said “Corrupt police officers should know by now that their days are numbered. Our Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit is closing in on them and it is only a matter of time when they will all be behind bars,”.
