Cop arrested
for releasing suspect, taking TV
2014-02-21 05:30
(Nielen de Klerk, News24)
Johannesburg - A constable was arrested on Thursday for allegedly
releasing a suspect and taking a stolen television set, Mpumalanga police said.
The 27-year-old officer faces charges of corruption, defeating the ends
of justice and possession of suspected stolen property, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala
said.
He was arrested after police discovered the policeman had released a
22-year-old man who had been arrested for housebreaking.
The man was interviewed by police for a housebreaking incident committed
on the first week of February in Secunda.
"During the interview, the suspect admitted to have been involved
in another burglary that had been committed between the night of 17 January and
18 January in Secunda," Mohlala said.
A television set was allegedly stolen during the burglary.
"He further told the police that the television was allegedly taken
by the constable who instructed him to wash a state vehicle and then released
him," he said.
During investigations police found that the officer had already sold the
television set.
"He [officer] took his colleagues to the place where the television
was and it was recovered," Mohlala said.
Both men are expected to appear in the Secunda Magistrate's Court on
Friday.
- SAPA
