By Johnathan Paoli
Colonel Gavin Jacob, commander of the Durban Hawks Serious Organised Crime Unit, has conceded that he could have moved a 541kg cocaine consignment found in a shipping container to a different location within a depot, contradicting earlier testimony that there was no alternative but to transfer the drugs to Hawks offices in Port Shepstone.
Proceedings at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry continued after lunch on Wednesday, with chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga questioning Jacob on why established procedures were not followed during the 2021 drug seizure.
Madlanga asked whether the container could have been relocated within the depot to create sufficient space for investigators to work.
Jacob initially maintained that this was not possible, but later conceded it could have been done.
“Previously, you’ve accepted that the optimal thing for you to do was to do it at location. And now you’ve just admitted or accepted also that
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