Five police officers charged for Kenville kidnapping and theft
Four suspects were granted bail of R3000 while the fifth suspect was remanded in custody due to a pending case against him for a similar offence.
FIVE police officers found themselves on the wrong side of the law when they were arrested on 19 October.
Detectives from the Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit made the arrest after investigating a kidnapping incident in Kenville on 16 June.
The officers, aged between 30 and 35, appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court on 20 October.
Four suspects were granted bail of R3000 and the matter was remanded to 7 December 2020.
The fifth suspect was remanded in custody until 3 November due to the pending case against him for a similar offence.
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SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele said a complainant reported the officers after being kidnapped and charged for violating Covid-19 regulations.
“It is alleged the complainant was walking on Park Station Road in Kenville when he was stopped by the police officers who searched him and took cash and cigarettes from his vehicle. He was kidnapped and taken to his house where the suspects removed more cigarettes and cash. The police officers also took him to the station where he was charged for violating Covid-19 regulations. The case against him was not placed on the roll. The complainant reported the matter to the police and charges of theft, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice were opened for investigating at Greenwood Park SAPS,” she said.
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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula condemned the officers’ actions.
“We will make sure that we root out all rotten apples hiding behind the SAPS badge while committing crimes,” said Jula.
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