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African policeman, customs official steal drugs at border post
A police
constable and an SA Revenue Service (Sars) employee were arrested for allegedly
stealing drugs at the Lebombo border post on Wednesday, Mpumalanga police said.
“The
policeman searched a taxi from Mozambique while its driver went to stamp his
passport, and found a washing powder, plastic [container] stacked with cocaine
estimated at [a street value of] more than R3 million,” said Colonel Leonard
Hlathi.
The officer
allegedly called an off-duty Sars employee who took the drugs to his home.
A police
operation was already underway in response to a tip-off about the taxi entering
the country, and this led to the policeman’s arrest.
“After the
constable’s arrest, he took us to the other suspect’s home where he freely
handed the drugs over and was arrested.”
The police
later arrested the taxi driver.
They would
all appear in the Komatipoort Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. –
Sapa
