By Johnathan Paoli
The Madlanga Commission will this week continue its inquiry into how seized narcotics were handled and allegedly stolen by law enforcement, before it adjourns to draft its second interim report for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels said hearings scheduled for 11 to 15 May would continue examining drug seizures by the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) and other law enforcement agencies, as well as the handling and disappearance of narcotics in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
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The commission heard extensive testimony from Hawks Serious Organised Crime head Maj-Gen Hendrik Flynn and retired unit head Lieutenant-Colonel Jakobus Prinsloo last week relating to the alleged theft of drugs from the Hawks’ offices in Port Shepstone.
Witnesses told the inquiry that 541 kilograms of drugs were allegedly stolen from the premises in November 2021, in a case that
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