Hawks member case postponed
The suspect is accused of conspiracy to commit a cash-in-transit heist, armed robbery, money laundering, defeating the ends of justice and unauthorised use of a state vehicle.
WO Petrus Doctor Nkosi (53) is a warrant officer attached to the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit and was arrested by his own colleagues yesterday.
Nkosi appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate`s Court on Monday 14 May 2018 and he was granted R8 000 bail and the case was postponed to May 16 pending further investigation.
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He was charged with conspiracy to commit CIT heists, armed robbery, money laundering, defeating the ends of justice and unauthorized use of a state vehicle.
The Hawks said the officer allegedly conspired with a CIT-heist syndicate during 2015 as well as another CIT heist in Hazyview in the same year where R 1.4 million was stolen.
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The case has been postponed to May 16 for further investigations.
