By Johnathan Paoli
Colonel Francois Steyn, the commander of the Gauteng West Rand Hawks, has outlined how a substantial portion of 715kg of cocaine seized during a major 2021 drug bust in southern Johannesburg later went missing from police custody, despite the consignment initially being counted, sealed and transported under armed guard.
Appearing before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, Steyn detailed how 715 bricks of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value R300 million were seized from a shipping container truck at Scania Trucks in Aeroton, south of Johannesburg, on 8 July 2021.
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He said he was confident over the initial handling of the crime scene, despite complaining about too many people having been given access at first.
“I was happy with the way in which [then] Capt. Piletjie Sebola dealt with the issue of crime scene management; although
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