Acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Sindile Mfazi is calling for departmental disciplinary processes to be expedited against four officers arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in a business robbery in Cape Town.
They were traced after being linked to a business robbery at a warehouse in Montague Gardens on Saturday.“The arrest of our own is disappointing, to say the least. However, the apprehension of our own members is indicative that criminality by members of the SAPS is neither condoned nor tolerated. We also applaud the members, who effected the arrests, for their bravery and standing up against crime and corruption by members within our ranks,” Mfazi said.
Fritz said a syndicate of eight members was previously arrested, including the kingpin. He said they were arrested in relation to five kidnappings and one attempted kidnapping of members of the Chinese business community. It occurred between July and November.