Traffic Officer Mashaba

Warrant Officer Magane allegedly obtained information from his informer and worked with Traffic Officer Mashaba, suspected a consignment to be drugs, and did not think of contacting his own station when requested to come assist.

“After all the introduction, I started with Warrant Officer Magane, who alleged that he got the information from his informer. He followed up upon the information together with Traffic Officer Mashaba. And later on, he requested Warrant Officer Phakula, who is based in Pretoria, to come assist. I asked him if he tried to get back from his own station, since he is stationed at Zonkizizwe SAPS, and his answer, he did not think of contacting his own station ... And on the question of why were they chasing uniformed police officers on the scene, and his answer was that he was thinking it was his scene ... His answer was he suspected the consignment to be drugs.”

Normally, the driver of the truck with drugs would not be arrested under such circumstances but would first be questioned to determine involvement in transporting drugs.

“Would the driver of the truck be arrested normally under these circumstances? No necessarily. One would first have a look at what role he played, if any, in terms of the transportation of these drugs. But I think that report, if I read through the report, seemingly Bravo Sierra 12 had the interview with these people that were following the truck from Roodekop to Aeroton... They mean the deduction I am making, it would be Traffic Officer Mashaba.”