Over
500 police arrested in Gauteng: report
Sapa | 17 November, 2011 09:21
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Constable Gerhardus du Plessis,
arrested in connection with the murder of Chanelle Henning, was reportedly the
503rd policeman to be arrested in Gauteng since last October.
Deputy provincial commissioner of
detective services Maj-Gen Tebello Mosikili told the Beeld newspaper: "It
is upsetting that one of our own was taken into custody."
She praised the officers who
apprehended the group believed to be connected to Henning's death, and the
community for the information provided to the police.
"If we could always have such
members of the community who help us with cases, we would not have a problem
with crime," she said.
Henning was shot after she dropped
her son off at school in Faerie Glen, a suburb in Tshwane, last Tuesday.
Du Plessis, 34, appeared in court in
connection with her murder on Wednesday. He has been suspended from the police.
The National Prosecuting Authority
said three other people were expected to appear in court on Thursday.
