Cops arrested for corruption
Sapa | 18
February, 2011 17:26
A Limpopo police captain and constable were
arrested after allegedly accepting a bribe and illegally handing a firearm back
to the man it was confiscated from.
The man, William Ramonetha Madidimalo, was found guilty of negligent handling of a firearm in 2005 by the Sekgosese Magistrate's Court in Limpopo and was declared unfit to ever possess a firearm again.
The
constable was made responsible for the firearm's safe keeping, said Lieutenant
Colonel Mohale Ramatseba. That same year the captain ordered that the weapon be
handed over to him and then gave it back to Madidimalo in exchange for R2500.
"Madidimalo
was arrested on Tuesday and the firearm was recovered," Ramatseba said.
This led
to the arrest of the two policemen on Friday who will soon appear in court on
charges of corruption, defeating the ends of justice, contravention of the
firearms control act and contempt of court.
