Gauteng Highway Patrol

According to the SAPS Academy booking process on 2021-07-19, the exhibits were intact with no tampering during sealing and booking from Booysens to FSL Silverton, escorted by Gauteng Highway Patrol.

“On Monday, 2021-07-19 together with Warrant Officer Morris, proceeded to SAPS Academy, Pretoria West, booked out the exhibits that were kept for safekeeping, proceeded to the Forensic Science Laboratory, FSL, and handed in the exhibits to be analysed. We were escorted by Gauteng Highway Patrol. During the sealing of the exhibits into the exhibits bags, booking them at SAPS Booysens, booking it from SAPS Booysens to SAPS Academy, Pretoria West and to FSL Silverton, Pretoria, the bags were intact and no exhibits was tampered with.”

On 9 July 2021, Sergeant Mogobo called for urgent assistance at the Scania warehouse in Aeroton where several police officers from Crime Intelligence, DPCI and Gauteng Traffic Department were trying to remove the contents of a container suspected of containing drugs.

“On 9 July 2021, at about 09:50, I received a telephone call from Sergeant Mogobo of Gauteng Highway Patrol. He informed me that he was at the Scania warehouse in Aeroton and that there were several police men who claimed to be from Crime Intelligence, DPCI and Gauteng Traffic Department who were trying to remove the contents of a container that he suspected to contain drugs and was supposed to be delivered to the Scania warehouse.”