Forensic

Lt-Col Sebola monitored the movement and submission of exhibits to Booysens SAPS and was informed that drugs could not be kept long at Booysens, and forensic had no space, necessitating arrangements for later submission to forensic.

“When I was submitting those exhibits... Captain Nortje informed me that... the Station Commander of Booysens does not want those drugs to be kept there for a long time. Then... Forensic is saying they do not have a space. They are making an arrangement on the date on which they can send them to Forensic.”

There were discrepancies in forensic bag numbers between exhibits booked at Booysens SAPS and those received at forensic, some bags arrived late and information about the chain of custody was deliberately concealed.

“I then noticed that the forensic bag numbers of exhibits that were received at Forensic were different from those that were initially booked at the Booysens SAPS ... one brick with a new forensic bag number was only received at Forensic on the 10th of August 2021 ... that information was deliberately concealed from us.”