By Johnathan Paoli
Chief Provincial Inspector of Gauteng Traffic Police (GTP), Samuel Mashaba, has told the Madlanga Commission that the Aeroton drug bust was proceeding successfully until the arrival of senior police officers led by Major-General Feroz Khan, whom he accused of disrupting the operation and later orchestrating the arrest of those involved.
Appearing before the commission on Tuesday, Mashaba testified about the July 2021 operation in which authorities uncovered a 715kg cocaine consignment valued at an estimated R300 million.
He said the operation was launched after he received information from an alleged informer, Tumelo Nku, about a truck travelling from Durban to Johannesburg suspected of carrying drugs.
“On Thursday 8 July 2021 I received a tip-off from Mr Tumelo Nku … I then asked Mr Nku to first confirm the information before I could act on it,” Mashaba told the commission.
After verification the following morning, Mashaba said he
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