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Warrant Officer Setshedi was not aware of the existence or allocation of specific cocaine samples within the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).
“Did you at some point get to know about the existence of these samples within FSL ? No, Commissioner. Not at all. No at all.”
The knowledge that Warrant Officer Setshedi and Colonel Khuzwayo have about the samples being brought to the FSL only came after checking the system in preparation for the hearing, indicating they were not initially aware of the sample submissions.
“Wa... you know that the sample was brought but you only found out after the fact because you and your Colonel and Colonel Khuzwayo looked at the system in preparation for the hearing today.”
In Setshedi's January 2022 affidavit, he confirms that on 27 October 2021 Colonel Jacob spoke to him about samples brought to the lab and a discussion about fearing break-in to the place where drugs were stored and destruction of exhibits, as well as expediting the process of samples.
“You see, in paragraph 639, there you seem to be confirming parts of Jacob's version because you do say when he spoke to you on the 27th of October, he asked you about samples that had been brought to the lab ... he explained that he feared that people were going to break into the place where the drugs were stored, and he asked about the destruction of exhibits... and him wanting that process to be expedited”
Setshedi admits he knew samples were brought to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) but never asked Colonel Jacob what those samples were, despite knowing such samples should not have been brought there.
“he was asking about samples that had been brought to FS L ... I have never asked him ... I did not have that discussion”
Setshedi states that all seized drugs weighing 554 kilograms should have been brought to the lab for analysis.
“My comment is that they should have brought everything to the lab ... All 554 kilograms? Yes, they should have brought it to the lab”