Four suspects, three police officers and a civilian will be appearing in the Randburg Magistrates court on charges of corruption following their arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption during the weekend.
The four, two members from the Silverton K9, a member from Crime Intelligence and a businessman, are reported to have participated in corrupt activities when they solicited gratification to the tune of R580 000. This was for a complainant to avoid arrest. It is alleged that three officials went to the complainant’s residence to enquire about her passport and the alleged fraudulent stamps. They later arrested her and during questioning, hints relating to the case being dropped if money exchanged hands were spoken of by the trio. They had asked for R1 million compounded with threats of her son also being arrested, the complainant gave in, and R580 000 was agreed to resulting in the complainant being released.
A case of corruption was then reported to the DPCI and after completion of the investigation, the arrest of the four suspects transpired.
Content retrieved from SAPS.
The post Four in the dock for corruption, Randburg appeared first on South Africa Today.