Criminal
case opened against police officers caught on tape ‘stealing cash’ from shop
Citizen reporter
KZN police spokesperson Brigadier Jay
Naicker says the officers were identified after the management at the Vryheid
police station were alerted to the matter last week.
The South African Police Service (SAPS)
confirmed that the three officers who were caught stealing cash from a shop
after a video emerged on social media were identified and a criminal case was
registered against them.
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police spokesperson
brigadier Jay Naicker said the officers were identified after the management at
the Vryheid police station was alerted to the matter last week: “A video was
seen circulating on social media where police officers can be seen stealing
money from a business premises.
“They were able to identify the police officers
from the footage and the provincial anti-corruption unit was contacted. The
anti-corruption unit immediately opened a criminal case and the shop was
identified from the footage,” he said.
Naicker said the owner of the shop was
approached, but refused to provide detectives from the anti-corruption unit
with a statement to implicate the officers in the theft.
The brigadier further said the police would
endeavour to solicit the assistance of the owner of the shop to pursue the
criminal investigation.........
