Sergeant Jones

Brigadier Jones, Station Commander of Booysen, raised safety concerns about the exhibits because of a large number of visitors and demonstrations outside the police station over the weekend.

“He firstly indicated to me that this arrest of these four people drew a lot of attention... he called it a large number of visitors throughout the weekend... even demonstrations outside the police station”

The SAP13 storage facility at Booysen is considered not safe enough by Brigadier Jones because it lacks 24/7 guard or video cameras, causing concern for the safety of the exhibits.

“He believes that this SAP-13 storage facility is not safe enough because it does not have a 24-7 guard or video cameras or anything like that, so he was concerned for the safety of these exhibits”

Brigadier Jones was concerned that protests or suspects might interfere with the possession or safe keeping of the seized drugs.

“And was his concern that the protestors might try to – was it his concern that the suspects might have a hand in the disappearance of the drugs?”

Crime scene report normally goes to the investigating officer in charge, named as Brigadier Sibiya of UGU District Detective Commander, not to local office or detectives.

“Commissioner, it goes to the investigating officer, Brigadier Sibiya. He was in charge of the scene. He is the UGU District Detective Commander. He came out to the scene. He appointed Sergeant Jones from his office. He was going to be the investigating officer.”