A police officer has appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court in Durban for allegedly stealing a docket, KwaZulu-Natal police said
The Bayview police captain was arrested on Wednesday when it came to light that she tried to help her colleagues avoid getting arrested by allegedly quashing a docket, said Lt-Col Vincent Mdunge.
The charge related to a police operation in July.
Two police officers conducted a raid after receiving information about drugs being kept in a house in Bayview, Mdunge said.
The officers were accused of taking a R2,500 bribe from a man allegedly dealing in dagga, and of stealing his cellphone.
A case was reported to the captain at the Bayview police station.
She ordered the officers to return the money and allegedly stole the case docket.
She had been charged with defeating the ends of justice and was released on R500 bail.
“The two police officers pleaded guilty when they were arrested in July. They are going back to the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court on October 18 for sentencing,” Mdunge said.
The captain would appear again in court on October 20.
Cop arrested over theft of docket
A police officer has appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court in Durban for allegedly stealing a docket, KwaZulu-Natal police said
The Bayview police captain was arrested on Wednesday when it came to light that she tried to help her colleagues avoid getting arrested by allegedly quashing a docket, said Lt-Col Vincent Mdunge.
The charge related to a police operation in July.
Two police officers conducted a raid after receiving information about drugs being kept in a house in Bayview, Mdunge said.
The officers were accused of taking a R2,500 bribe from a man allegedly dealing in dagga, and of stealing his cellphone.
A case was reported to the captain at the Bayview police station.
She ordered the officers to return the money and allegedly stole the case docket.
She had been charged with defeating the ends of justice and was released on R500 bail.
“The two police officers pleaded guilty when they were arrested in July. They are going back to the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court on October 18 for sentencing,” Mdunge said.
The captain would appear again in court on October 20.