By Johnathan Paoli
A protected Hawks analyst has told the Madlanga Commission that businessman Tumelo Nku was not a police informer, but allegedly played an active role in a drug-trafficking network linked to the 2021 Aeroton cocaine bust.
The evidence was given by Witness J, an analyst attached to the Hawks’ Priority Crime Management Centre, whose testimony was heard fully in camera after a ruling by Commission Chair Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
A redacted transcript of the testimony was made available to the media on Monday evening.
Witness J said in the transcript that an analysis of Nku’s cellphones showed that his role in the movement of the truck carrying the drugs was substantial.
“Tumelo Nku is not an informer as he alleges because if that was the case, the drug-seizing was supposed to be seized in Durban. Why would he risk travelling all the way to Durban and come back following
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