Referred to as: provincial tracing team · Provincial Tracing Team
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Lieutenant Colonel Prinsloo stated he received a call from Brigadier Nyuswa on 22 June 2021 between 10:00 and 11:00 AM informing him that a provincial tracing team had seized a large quantity of drugs (cocaine).
“On 22 June 2021, at between 10.00 and .00 in the morning, I received a telephone call from Brigadier Nyuswa. He informed me that the provincial tracing team had seized a large quantity of drugs, Cocaine, from a container.”
Lt-Col Prinsloo testified the members were not informed of any plan for the exhibits, contrary to National Instruction and protocol requiring immediate transfer to Forensic Science Laboratory within 7 days.
“Present at the office at this time is Major General Senona, Brigadier Nyuswa, Lieutenant-Colonel Dina Govender, Warrant Officer Mpangase, and the other members of the Provincial Tracing Team, and Warrant Officer Van Den Berg and myself. We were not informed of any plan about the exhibits. I say that because the National Instruction and the protocol required that the exhibits be immediately sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory. In exceptional circumstances, no later than 7 working days, we were kept in the dark about how long the exhibits would be kept in our office.”