Police captain arrested for firearm
trafficking
21 August 2013 10:43
A police captain from
Nelspruit was arrested and charged with illegal trafficking in firearms.
Additional charges of
corruption and theft were also laid against Captain Godfrey Lubisi (57), who
was arrested at work.
Police said the arrest
followed a year-long investigation, after rumours that weapons were being sold
from the Nelspruit Police Station for as little as R2 000.
Lubisi allegedly sold a .22
rifle, a collector’s item dating back to 1925, to a member of the public in
January.
Lubisi reportedly took the
man to the store where firearms submitted by members of the public for later
destruction were kept.
He gave Lubisi over R2 000,
as he had apparently agreed to also supply a firearm licence.
The investigation was
delayed because nobody wanted to make a statement, then two weeks ago, new
information came to light.
It emerged that Lubisi had
also illegally sold a Taurus .357 Magnum revolver for R2 000.
Yesterday, police also
found a large number of firearm licences that had to be collected from the
police station, allegedly under the seat of Lubisi’s car.
Police spokesperson
Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said police would oppose bail.
- Sapa
