The Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Friday heard the evidence of senior KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya, who came under scrutiny over the 541kg of cocaine worth R200 million seized at the Durban Harbour in June 2021, which was later stolen at Port Shepstone.
Senior KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya has come under fire at the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry for several inconsistencies in his statements and oral evidence on the theft of a large cocaine consignment.
On Friday, Sibiya told the commission, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, that he overheard a conversation between Warrant Officer Dan Perumal, SA Police Service (SAPS) 13 clerk at the Isipingo police station, where the 541kg cocaine bricks with the street value of about R200 million and his boss, Colonel Gavin Jacob, the unit commander of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Unit in Durban.
The drugs had been seized at the Durban Harbour by a team led by Jacob, who unilaterally terminated his leave to take charge of the operation, and transported them to the Isipingo police station.
“While at the Isipingo SAPS, as we were busy unpacking and counting, I heard Perumal talking to Jacob, stating that they do not have space to store these drugs.
