By Johnathan Paoli
Warrant Officer Mbongeleni Mpangase has reaffirmed that then Lieutenant-General Gavin Jacob took full control of the 2021 Durban container drug bust in which 541kg of cocaine was confiscated, transported and later stolen from Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) offices in Port Shepstone.
Appearing before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Friday, Mpangase, currently attached to SAPS Pietermaritzburg but then part of the Hawks, said that Jacob directed every major decision during the operation, from documenting the search to arranging the controversial relocation of the cocaine after Isipingo police said they had no space to store it.
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Mpangase said that Jacob assumed command after the container was identified at the CHC Depot in Isipingo following intelligence received from a Crime Intelligence (CI) operative.
“I was instructed by Col Jacob that we
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