Hawks Colonel Gavin Jacob's testimony about R200 million drugs stored at the Hawks offices in KZN went missing scrutinised at Madlanga Commission.
The Madlanga Commission heard that Colonel Gavin Jacob, who was later "polygraph cleared", interrupted his leave to join the 2021 operation that led to the seizure of 541kg of cocaine worth R200 million in KwaZulu-Natal, but a series of decisions he made after returning to duty have now come under intense scrutiny.
Jacob testified on Wednesday about his role in the operation that resulted in the major drug seizure. The cocaine was later stolen from a Hawks storage facility in Port Shepstone.
The commission heard that Jacob was on leave when he received information about the drug consignment and decided to return to duty to participate in the operation before later resuming his leave.
However, evidence before the commission revealed that he did not personally inform his commander, Colonel Campbell Nyuswa, of his decision to return to duty.
