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A police officer was allegedly told drugs weighing about 715kg in a truck container discovered by cops in a 2021 bust in Johannesburg belonged to police counter-intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan, the Madlanga commission heard on Wednesday.
Police officer Steve Phakula testified at the commission of inquiry investigating allegations of criminal infiltration in law enforcement. He was among the first officers to attend the drug bust in Aeroton, Johannesburg, in 2021.
Phakula said police “corridor talk” was that the drugs belonged to Khan. He had no evidence or statement from the police officer who had made the allegation to support the claim.
On July 9 2021 the Hawks found 715kg of cocaine in a truck that had travelled from Durban. Some of the drugs went missing before they reached a forensics unit.
