UPDATE :More officers arrested by hawks
The suspects solicited bribes from motorists along the N4 road between Komatipoort and Middleburg.
Four traffic officers and two police were arrested by members of the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Unit in Mpumalanga yesterday for corruption.
Three suspects, Khethiwe Mkhabela (42), Lucky Mabena (37), both traffic officials and David Mahlare Ntuli (34), a police officer appeared before the Komatipoort Magistrate Court the same day for corruption. They were granted R1000 bail each.
The case was postponed to 12 July 2019 pending further investigation.
The other three suspects , two traffic officials and a police officer, whom their identity can not be devulged, will appear in Middelburg and Belfast Magistrate Court’s respectively on Monday.
It is alleged that in April month, the suspects solicited bribes from the motorists along the N4 road between Komatipoort and Middleburg.
More arrests are imminent.
