Cop arrested for stealing cash at crime scene
“The officer saw the money
lying on the floor, so he took some of it to his car.”
October 21, 2016
A
police constable was arrested for stealing money at a crime scene at Petropoort
garage on Thursday.
Photo: Rene Roux
A
police constable has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from a crime
scene in the north of Pretoria.
The
officer was caught on CCTV camera taking the cash at Petroport filling station on the N1, where five men had
bombed four safes on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Kay Makhubele said the
officer in the explosives unit in Pretoria, went to the filling station to
verify the kind of explosives used by the thieves.
“The
officer saw the money lying on the floor, so he took some of it to his car. He
did not realise his movements were captured on CCTV [footage]. He was arrested
and the cash seized,” said Makhubele.
Makhubele
said the officer had taken more than R5 000 and was charged with theft of cash.
He
said the officer would appear in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court soon.
Makhubele
said the case would be handled by the Sinoville Police Station.
