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LAST week, two Sandton police officers pulled over a motorist, claimed
she had drugs in her car and forced her to drive to an ATM to extort money
from her.
Just four days later, police officers from the same station were involved in a mysterious accident in an Audi R8 that saw the businessman driver and a police officer killed. Police claimed they had found dagga in the car when they pulled it over. Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the two constables implicated in the ATM incident, Linda Mlambo and Mahlang Shaku, appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of corruption yesterday. Dlamini said it was alleged that on January 6, the two policemen pulled over a woman, and – similarly to the incident involving the Audi R8 – she was accused of having drugs in the car. The officers then took away her driving licence and forced her to drive to an ATM in Sunninghill Village. A source told The Star the woman was pregnant and CCTV footage caught the officers forcing the woman to draw the money. She withdrew R1 000. The men were arrested this week and Dlamini said they were released on R3 000 bail each and would appear in court again on February 20 . By Angelique Serrao - angelique.serrao@inl.co.za The Star 18/01/13 Early Edition |
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Crimes of the South African Police Service
