IPID has made a significant breakthrough in the R14.9 million precious stones theft case, arresting a key suspect following revelations from the Madlanga Commission.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested one of the suspects implicated in the alleged theft of precious stones worth nearly R14.9 million from a Johannesburg apartment, the first arrest linked to allegations that surfaced before the Madlanga Commission.
The suspect was arrested on Friday and is being held at the Edenvale police holding cells. He is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.
IPID said Tactical Response Team (TRT) members were still searching for two other suspects on Saturday after they could not be located during an operation on Friday night.
"Yesterday, IPID had three warrants of arrest, and the arrest of the other two remaining suspects will be in the coming weeks, while the sixth suspect has since died," the watchdog said in a statement on Saturday.
