Five KwaZulu-Natal police officers have been arrested for alleged involvement in cash-in-transit heists and corruption, police say.
February 2010....Kwa Zulu Natal
By I-Net, www.inet.co.za, Updated: 2010/02/19
Five KZN cops arrested
Five KZN cops arrested
Five KwaZulu-Natal police officers have been arrested for alleged involvement in cash-in-transit heists and corruption, police said on Thursday.
Two policemen from Ladysmith and a security guard from Newcastle were arrested on Wednesday following a spate of cash-in-transit robberies in the area late last year,
Superintendent Jay Naicker said in a statement.
The three had also been charged with a cash-in-transit robbery in Amersfoort, Mpumalanga on September 3, 2009 and would appear in the town's magistrate's court on Friday.
They had been linked to two other cash-in-transit robberies in the area.
Also on Wednesday three policemen from the Mayville SAPS were arrested for corruption by the Durban organised crime unit.
The three allegedly demanded money from a suspect in car theft case, in exchange for not arresting him.
The victim approached the police, a trap was set and the men were arrested.
They would appear in court soon.
