drugs

The storage room at Port Shepstone DPCI where the drugs were kept has no proper records in SAPS system; drugs are not recorded anywhere and the diary entries of exhibit handling are misleading, constituting major issues.

“It is a storeroom which has drugs in it which are not recorded anywhere on the SAPS system. There is no record of these drugs ... We have no entry of what you did on the 24th. We know you went into this vault, you handled these drugs on the 24th. There is no entry of that in this diary. ... Another false record in this diary. So it is not minor things, it is major things that mislead the reader of the diary.”

Drugs worth 300 million were stolen and lost, with a case involving a police officer withdrawn.

“drugs worth 300 million gets stolen and lost. A case alleges that a person who is a police officer is involved in that case, and the case gets withdrawn.”

These black duffel bags were alleged to contain 805 blocks of drugs.

“My information was that such bags would contain 805 blocks of drugs.”

A provocation line defines the unauthorized involvement of registered human sources in acts of violence or criminal acts such as procurement, transporting, storing, or dealing in weapons or drugs, which necessitates actions against such informants.

“The following constitute a transgression of the provocation line. An unauthorised involvement of the registered human source in acts violence or any other criminal acts. For example, procurement, transporting, storing, or dealing in weapons or drugs. And this action would necessitate a course of action to be taken against such informant.”

The safe at Port Shepstone was chosen based on the landlord's assurance that the safe could not be breached and that the drugs stored there would be safe

“Landlord. And I though the drugs would be safe there.”

Traffic Officer has no business inspecting containers for drugs or arresting owners/recipients, outside normal duties.

“He has no business opening containers and finding out that there are drugs in those containers and arresting owners of those containers or the recipients of the goods that are in the container”

The allegations against Warrant Officer Sander involved dealing or selling drugs to nightclubs in the Florida Road area and theft of cocaine, but Colonel Jacob had no active role in the investigation and only had second-hand information.

“I was not the one handling the investigation . All I can tell you is second-hand information . It was allegations of dealing or selling drugs to nightclubs in the Florida Road area , and allegations of theft of Cocaine .”

Lt-Col Duma states he was instructed to attend the inspection on 23 June 2021, not on the 22nd when the drugs were seized at the CHC container depot.

“I only received the instruction to attend inspection on the 23rd .”

The drugs were recovered at SAPS Booysens, where suspects were booked and detained.

“Be booked and detained at SAPS, Booysens because the drugs were recovered at SAPS, Booysens area.”

The drugs were already removed from the scene and placed in the back of a black bakkie, contaminating the crime scene further.

“Yes. Unfortunately, the drugs were already removed and in the back of the bakkie. So, I was not going to instruct them to place it back as to where, otherwise we were going to further contaminate the scene.”

The operation involved following a truck allegedly carrying or transporting drugs to Aeroton, at Omnia Industrial Park, where a container was supposed to be delivered to Scania Warehouse.

“We then followed the track until we reached Aeroton, Omnia Industrial Park, where the container was supposed to be delivered at Scania Warehouse”

The focus of the inquiry was both on the seals and on the drugs contained in the container, particularly the bags that fell down.

“it was also on the drugs also, because I also asked her if this is what they were expecting, the load, the bags that fell down”

Warrant Officer Magane referred to the information regarding following about drugs found inside the container when he said the operation was a success, but he had not actually seen drugs, only black bags assumed to contain drugs.

“I was referring to the information that we were following about those drugs, the drugs we found inside the container.”