THE ANTI CORRUPTION UNIT IN POLOKWANE APPREHEND THREE MEMBERS OF THE HIGH WAY PATROL FOR CORRUPTION
POLOKWANE: The Anti-Corruption Unit in Polokwane have arrested three Police Officers for alleged corrupt activities.
The arrest of the trio ,follows an investigation by the Unit after the complaint of corrupt actions by the suspects that culminated to subsequent arrested. The three male suspects aged between 29 and 39 years were arrested on Monday 24 July 2023 in Polokwane.
The trio are reported to be attached to SAPS Limpopo Highway Patrol Unit.
According to the information the suspects raided a dagga plantation at a plot in Dalmada outside Polokwane on Sunday 16 July 2023.
It is further alleged that the suspects seized 8 bags of dagga worth R300 000-00 which were meant to be used for research purposes at the University of Limpopo however the said dagga was never booked at the exhibit store for investigation purposes. It is further reported the said plants were never returned to the plantation plot as promised
The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in LImpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe welcomed the arrest of the suspects .She further said that this is an indication that no one is above the law.”We are prepared to uproot corruption and even within our own ranks “. Concluded Lieutenant General Hadebe.
The three suspects are expected to appear before Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 25 July 2023 facing charges of Corruption, Assault and Theft.
