Hawks safe heist ‘may have been staged’, Nyuswa tells Madlanga Commission

KZN Hawks, Brig. Campbell Nyuswa, hinted that the person who stole the R200 million drugs from the Hawks safe was known but refused to drop the name.

Hawks commander, Brig. Campbell Nyuswa, has cast doubt on the theft of cocaine worth R200 million from a Hawks safe in KwaZulu-Natal(KZN), saying this may have been an inside job.

Testifying before the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday, Nyuswa, said he did not believe the safe at the Hawks' Port Shepstone offices had been breached in the manner investigators claimed.

Nyuswa said he was sceptical that thieves had gained access by grinding through the safe door, adding that he had been assured the strong-room could not be opened without a key.

"I was shocked that the safe had been breached, but more than that I was sceptical that it had been breached by grinding the door," he told the commission.