A JOHANNESBURG Metro Police Department officer has been arrested for accepting a bribe along Main Road, metro police said yesterday.
JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the officer was caught "red-handed" accepting a R50 bribe from a taxi driver on Monday at 5.45pm.
Both men were arrested.
The JMPD's internal affairs unit stopped "because the officer and the taxi driver displayed suspicious behaviour".
Minnaar said the bribe was so the officer would not issue a discontinuation notice as the taxi was unroadworthy.
"It was discovered that the taxi had a defective handbrake and steering mechanism. The driver's seat and front door were also defective."
The men appeared in the Booysens magistrate's court yesterday.
The case was postponed to a later date for the hearing, Minnaar said.
Metro cop held over R50 bribe
A JOHANNESBURG Metro Police Department officer has been arrested for accepting a bribe along Main Road, metro police said yesterday.
JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the officer was caught "red-handed" accepting a R50 bribe from a taxi driver on Monday at 5.45pm.
Both men were arrested.
The JMPD's internal affairs unit stopped "because the officer and the taxi driver displayed suspicious behaviour".
Minnaar said the bribe was so the officer would not issue a discontinuation notice as the taxi was unroadworthy.
"It was discovered that the taxi had a defective handbrake and steering mechanism. The driver's seat and front door were also defective."
The men appeared in the Booysens magistrate's court yesterday.
The case was postponed to a later date for the hearing, Minnaar said.
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