Hawks commander, Brig. Campbell Nyuswa, said he knew about the security breach at the Hawks offices in KZN even before the R200 million drugs were stolen.
KZN Hawks commander, Brigadier Campbell Nyuswa, has conceded that he was aware of security concerns at the Port Shepstone Hawks offices before the now-stolen R200 million cocaine was stored there, but trusted that the strong room would not be breached.
Testifying before the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday, Nyuswa conceded that concerns about security at the premises had been raised repeatedly long before the theft.
Yet he still authorised the storage of 541kg of confiscated cocaine at the facility, believing the drugs would remain safe because the keys to the strong room were under the control of KZN Hawks head Maj-Gen. Lesetja Senona.
"I thought the drugs would be safe because Senona had the keys and the safe could not be breached and certainly not without being detected," Nyuswa told the commission.
