Distancing himself: Hawks officer Colonel Gavin Jacob testifying at the Madlanga commission. He said a
polygraph test had vindicated him of being involved in the drug theft. Photo: Supplied
Colonel Gavin Jacob, the commander of the Hawks’ Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit, has denied any involvement in the theft of 541kg of cocaine, telling the Madlanga commission that an internal investigation into the matter had been falsified.
“I had no involvement in the theft of the 541kg cocaine consignment that was stolen during a break-in at the Port Shepstone DPCI office,” he said.
Jacob said he had been on leave when he had received a call from Lieutenant Colonel Jabulani Duma, about information relating to drugs at the Isipingo depot in Durban. He alleged that Major General Hendrick Fynn had falsified an investigation to wrongly implicate Hawks members.
