bakkie

Unmarked bakkie from Zonkizizwe Police Station, driven by desk policeman Magane, was used to transport evidence bags that had fallen from the truck, which was considered suspicious and improper crime scene handling.

“They took those drugs that fell out of the truck, they took them and they put them in a bakkie, in an unmarked bakkie that belongs to Zonkizizwe Police Station driven by Magane who is not, who is a desk-bound person. At that point you did not see anything wrong with that?”

At the scene of the incident, various people including Ms Wentzel, Mtungwa, and Masetla did not mention any attempt by the vehicle or bakkie to leave, which contradicts claims that the vehicle was trying to leave with illicit drugs.

“if you look at the statements of other people who were there at the scene, whether it is Ms Wentzel, Mtungwa, who was there to unpack Masetla who had to cooperate with loading the bags, all of them do not mention anything related to the truck, sorry, the bakkie wanting to leave .”

People who mentioned the bakkie trying to leave, such as Mogoboya, only heard this third-hand. Walker from Scania also did not mention any attempt by the bakkie to leave when arriving with Ndou and Makumbila.

“people who mentioned the bakkie trying to leave are not the ones that were there at the time. So, for example, Mogoboya also hears it third-hand that the bakkie was trying to leave. Maybe another important person to note is Walker from Scania who arrives at the same time with Ndou and Makumbila. He, too, mentions nothing about the truck trying to leave, the bakkie trying to leave .”

Warrant Officer Phakula described being called in to assist managing the already loaded scene which had exhibits loaded on the bakkie and him continuing management there.

“I was called in to come and assist in managing the crime scene... exhibits loaded on to the bakkie... I had to continue managing from where the exhibits were now”

When the witness arrived, they bypassed the uniformed officers and started their own actions, not securing or touching the exhibits in the back of the bakkie.

“But when you get there, you bypass those police officers, and you start doing whatever it is that you were doing. It is not clear because you did nothing to the exhibits that were in the back of the bakkie. You did not touch them, you did not secure them, you did nothing to them.”