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For more than 24 hours there is no SAPS record of where certain exhibits (drugs) are between being booked in and the entry in the Port Shepstone SAP 13 register, indicating a loss of record of these exhibits.
“for more than 24 hours there is no SAPS record of where these exhibits are”
The investigation diary is silent about what Warrant Officer Mpangase did on 24 June 2021, but entries exist in the Port Shepstone SAP 13 register showing that on 24 June 2021, Mpangase took items 3.1 to 3.31 for investigation.
“your entry there is 6.1 on the right column, the extreme right column, and it says 24 June 2021, items 3.1 to 3.31, taken for investigation, Warrant Officer M F Mpangase. Do you see that?”
The exhibits removed from the Port Shepstone SAP 13 register on 24 June were not recorded anywhere else after removal.
“They were never recorded anywhere else.”
General Senona and Commissioner Baloyi differ in their understandings about the booking in and out of certain items at Port Shepstone SAP 13; however, the register shows the items were correctly booked in and out.
“General Senona had said ... they were booked into Port Shepstone SAP 13 and booked out, and Commissioner Baloyi had a different understanding. ... it is all the bags taken for investigation and signed by Warrant Officer Mpangase ... your understanding was correct that they were also booked in and booked out in the Port Shepstone SAP 13 register.”
Colonel Jacob explained that the proper procedure upon receiving drug exhibits at Port Shepstone was to bag them, enter them in the SAP 13 register, and from there they could be booked out and samples taken.
“My understanding with Mpangase is that as soon as they got to Port Shepstone, the exhibits would be put in bags, entered in the 13 at Port Shepstone, SAP 13, and then if they wish to book it out and store it at Port Shepstone, Serious Organized Crime, that was the correct sequence to do things”