By Johnathan Paoli
Former Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya has contradicted former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major-General Lesetja Senona over the handling of 541kg of cocaine worth about R200 million, saying he could not recall being told that the drugs would be stored at the Port Shepstone DPCI offices before they were stolen.
Lebeya returned to the witness stand at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, where he was confronted with Senona’s earlier evidence that he had informed his national commander after agreeing that the cocaine consignment should be kept in a strong room at the Port Shepstone Hawks offices.
Lebeya stopped short of accusing Senona of being dishonest, conceding that it was possible the former provincial Hawks head had informed him about the storage arrangements.
However, he maintained that he had no recollection of such a conversation.
“I can’t recall him informing me as to where
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