Pretoria - The Gauteng Hawks have arrested two of their own after they allegedly insisted on a R100 000 pay-out to squash a case.
The two, Sergeant Sithembo Moses Dlamini (54) and Captain Saul Thulani Mdletshe, were arrested on Friday after they conspired to pocket R100 000 from a suspect in a Brackendowns fraud case.
“It is alleged that the officers had on separate occasions pocketed almost R10 000 from the same suspect to have him released on bail in the same case,” Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said on Tuesday.
Mulamu said the suspect’s lawyer, Stephens Mangolela (46), conspired with the two members and cemented the earlier demand.
Unbeknown to them, the trio was presented with half of the R100 000 in cash, while the rest was transferred into the lawyer’s account.
Mangolela, Dlamini and Mdletshe were arrested on the spot and they spent the whole weekend behind bars.
They appeared before the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of corruption, extortion and defeating the ends of justice.
They are out on bail and are expected to appear in court again on 9 June 2017 pending further investigations. – SAnews.gov.za
