LIMPOPO – A sting operation by the Hawks’ serious corruption investigation unit, in collaboration with Road Traffic Management Corporation and special investigating unit, culminated in the closing down of a private vehicle testing station in Lephalale on Monday, 8 April as well as the arrest of seven officials.
Provincial spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke says the arrests follow recent, similar, operations in which eight officials from the Thusalushaka Vehicle Testing Station in Musina were arrested for fraud and corruption.
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Maluleke, in a statement, explained that five vehicle examiners and two clerks allegedly used the identity particulars of unsuspecting victims to issue roadworthy certificates for vehicles that were never taken to the testing station for compulsory tests.
“During the operation, computers and documents were seized,” he said.
The eight officials from the Thusalushaka Vehicle Testing Station in Musina have since been released on R1 000 bail each and the arrested suspects in this case will appear in the Lephalale Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 10 April, to face corruption and fraud charges.
