Crime Intelligence operative Lieutenant Colonel Justice Jabulani Duma testified partly in-camera before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday about drug operations and police trust.
The 2021 brazen theft of the 541kg of cocaine worth more than R200 million while in the custody of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), or the Hawks, in KwaZulu-Natal, has brought disgrace to the SAPS.
This was the parting shot from Crime Intelligence operative Lieutenant-Colonel Justice Jabulani Duma, who testified partly in-camera before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday.
He told the commission that after receiving a tip-off about suspected drug shipments at the Durban harbour in 2021, he called trusted officers to assist in operations.
He initially hesitated to express any distrust towards DPCI officers.
