Senior Hawks officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya, started giving evidence at the Madlanga Commission on Friday on the 541kg of cocaine worth R200 million seized at the Durban Harbour in June 2021, but was later stolen in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal.
Senior KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya on Friday denied that he knowingly flouted police prescripts during the seizure of R541kg cocaine valued at R200 million at the Durban Harbour in June 2021.
Sibiya told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that his involvement in the operation was limited and restricted to what he was requested and instructed to do.
The Hawks’ component head for Serious Organised Crime, Major-General Hendrik Flynn, implicated Sibiya last month during his testimony before the commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
According to Sibiya, he was requested to assist by the initial investigating officer, Warrant Officer Livingstone Mpangase, and Colonel Gavin Jacob, the unit commander of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Unit in Durban, to follow up on information concerning a possible drug bust.