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There were exhibits from drug seizures conducted in February and September 2020 still stored at Durban Central SAP and Brighton Beach SAP police stations.
“two police stations that normally assisted with storage, Durban Central SAP and Brighton Beach SAP, still had exhibits from our drug seizures conducted in February 2020 and September 2020 respectively”
Colonel Jacob says the confusion regarding exhibits storage may stem from mixing up incidents in February 2020 with the 22 June 2021 incident at Isipingo SAP where exhibits were refused.
“I think I mixed up our previous incident in February 2020 ... and the whole debacle there ... I am the one that secured Durban Central SAP with regards to storing those exhibits that Isipingo had turned away.”
In early 2020, Isipingo SAP stored Mandrax exhibits from February 6 until November 12, after which they were transported to the FSL Pretoria for destruction.
“these exhibits had to be stored at Durban Central SAP from the 6th of February 2020 until the 12th of November 2021 when they were taken to the FSL Pretoria for destruction”
In 2021, Durham Central SAP still had exhibits booked out of Isipingo SAP from February 6, 2020, indicating they had not taken back the drugs due to lack of storage capacity.
“Durban Central still had the exhibits booked out of Isipingo SAP on the 6th February 2020”
COLONEL JACOB concluded that Durban Central SAP did not have the capacity to take back these exhibits from storage at Isipingo SAP in 2021.
“therefore Durban Central did not have capacity . That is my conclusion”
Durban Central SAP agreed to assist with storage of exhibits after Isipingo SAP could not accommodate them.
“I knew that Isipingo SAP would not take these exhibits back. I am unsure how it transpired, but I do recall that Durban Central SAP had agreed to assist with storage of these exhibits. We stored these drugs at a vault at Durban Central SAP.”