By Johnathan Paoli
Hawks Tactical Operations Management Section (TOMS) officer identified as Witness I, has claimed he was unknowingly “used” by police officers to legitimise their involvement in the high-profile Aeroton cocaine bust, while admitting that he misled his commanders about his whereabouts and failed to follow proper reporting procedures.
Witness I returned to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday for a second day of testimony after proceedings were delayed by an urgent consultation with evidence leaders and the submission of a supplementary statement.
Central to his testimony was his assertion that he had become an unwitting participant in an operation that was later described by commission leaders as potentially unlawful.
“The meeting I had with the CI guy and Brown, I did suspect that I was being recorded and that I would play along with what they were doing. The explanation I made of
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