05 Oct 2010 | Sibongile Mashaba - mashabas@sowetanlive.co.za | 114 comments
A TRIO of high-profile West Rand organised crime unit officers received about R3million combined extra income from unknown sources.
SAPS internal auditor Colonel Phumlani Matshona told the Johannesburg high court that he was approached by the police to compile a report about the accused.
Matshona was testifying in the drug dealing case of the unit's head, Dumisani Jwara, Victor Jwili and Landro Makgosani. He said he used the accused's bank statements, deeds registration, Sars, eNatis, gambling and property agency reports to compile a dossier.
"For the period between January 12005 and April312010, Jwara received R2299326,20; Jwili received R217454,96 and Makgosani received R230448,17," he said.
"As it appears the financial standing of the accused were not in line with the salaries they received from the SAPS," Matshona said. "It appears that the accused had other cash on hand.
"The sources of income are unknown. We could not verify where the money came from. They had sources of income outside employment and received extra income without authorisation from their employer."
The three allegedly ran a drug smuggling syndicate in the Johannesburg suburbs of Paulshof, Sandton and Fourways, as well as the Pretoria East surburb of Lyttelton between 2005 and 2006.
Some of the drugs allegedly sold by the officers included 198kg cocaine they allegedly stole at OR Tambo International Airport in October 2007. They got R1425000 for the haul.
Matshona said the inflow of cash was more than the outflow and it had not been verified where the rest of the money came from.
He said Jwara owned a property he bought for R645000 and another on which he splashed out R925000.
Jwara, who owns a 33 percent share in a mining company and 100 percent in a trucking company, also owns three vehicles: two VW Polos and a BMW 3 series. The BMW was purchased in October 2005 at R250000 and was paid out within 12 months.
Matshona said there were two cars in the name of Jwili's wife: a VW Jetta and an Audi A4. Jwili owned a VW Citi Golf.
Makgosani owned three cars: a Corsa, Mini Cooper S and a BWM 325i.
"The Mini Cooper was purchased at R316 888 g1 in May 2007. He paid a deposit of R76 000," Matshona said.
Defense attorney Nardus Grove said the report was incomplete: "It is like a half-baked cake."
The trial continues.
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