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On the day of 9th, location data cannot confirm that the truck driver passed Yellow Jersey, raising questions about the track of the truck and its actual location.
“location on the day of the 9th , he cant tell you to say he went past Yellow Jersey ... Location of him ... Roodekop , so which was where Yellow Jersey is situated. Maybe he want to check the physical location of where the truck was”
Chief Mashaba states he received GPS coordinates from Mr Nku via Telegram on 9 July 2021 to Yellow Jersey Logistics in Roodekop for an operation involving intercepting a truck.
“Samuel Mashaba received a location from Mr Nku through the Telegram of where they should go, and the coordinates are that of Yellow Jersey Logistics in Roodekop”
Sergeant Ndou's marked police vehicle was parked in front of a black Nissan bakkie, indicating upon arrival the three officers wanted to leave with black bags behind the bakkie, saying that they were taking them to where the truck came from, Roodekop.
“Sergeant Ndou’s marked police vehicle was parked in front of the black Nissan bakkie, indicating that upon his arrival, the three mentioned officers wanted to leave with those black bags behind the bakkie, saying that they were taking them to where the truck came from, which is Roodekop.”
The truck driver did not stop at weighbridges between Durban and Roodekop; it is inferred this was suspicious and possibly instructed by someone to avoid stops.
“because he was indicating that the driver did not pass through the weighbridges , so he drove from Durban to Roodekop without stopping at any weighbridges . And according to him , because of him doing that , he knew what was inside the container .”
Warrant Officer Magane received a call from Chief Mashaba about the drugs container; Chief Mashaba had received the information from his informer. They first went to Roodekop at Yellow Jersey Logistics, found the container, then escorted it to Aeroton for an expected client.
“I was informed by Warrant Officer Magane that he received a call from Chief Mashaba about a container with drugs and Chief Mashaba received the information from Chief Mashaba's informer. They first went to Roodekop at Yellow Jersey Logistics and found the container there and then they escorted it to Aeroton so the client was expecting the order.”
Roodekop is in the policing precinct of Alberton police station.
“Roodekop, the policing precinct of Roodekop is Alberton”
The alleged drug-carrying truck arrived at Roodekop industrial area in Alberton on Thursday the 8th, with registration and container details shown to the witness via Cellphone by Mr Nku.
“A truck which was, which arrived the night before, which was on Thursday the 8th, ... Arrived at Roodekop ... This truck was allegedly carrying drugs or transporting drugs. He also showed me the registration number and the number of that alleged container on his cell phone, showed me the picture of that container and the truck.”
The Yellow Jersey Company is a logistics company contracted to Transnet to transport containers from the harbour to various places including Roodekop industrial area.
“Transnet, I meant the containers that comes, Yellow Jersey was contracted to transport containers from the harbour to various places. So that is Transnet Harbour.”
Warrant Officer Magane escorted a yellow Volvo truck from Roodekop to Aeroton; it was already parked next to Scania's loading bay and belongs to a different company.
“the Volvo truck that you escorted from Roodekop to Aeroton was yellow in colour... The one that we escorted was already parked next to Scania loading bay. These are two different companies.”
Warrant Officer Magane asked Chief Mashaba why he contacted people outside of his own Traffic Department instead of his colleagues and was told that the matter related to Roodekop in Alberton and that Warrant Officer Pokongwane was referred to handle it.
“Yes. And the reason was that this thing, the information was about Roodekop, which happened to be in Alberton. That is when he thought about Warrant Officer Pokongwane and that Warrant Officer Pokongwane referred him to me.”