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USander ubefakwe kwi-polygraphed kulandela ukwebiwa kwe-cocaine engu-541kg endaweni okugcinwa kuyo izinto oKlebe ngesikhathi esekhefini, wabe eseyiswa kwi-desk duty.
Abantu abangaziwa baqoqe u-R165,167 ngosuku olulodwa ukuze kuthengwe umshini wekhofi owebiwe ehhovisini likaSander koKlebe.
Umseshi woKlebe ochithe iminyaka ephathwa njengomsolwa ngaphakathi kwenhlangano yakhe utholwe ukuthi akanacala yikhomishini yophenyo ngoLwesibili. Abantu abangaziwa bese bevele sebenqumile ngaye ezinsukwini ezedlule, base beqoqa imali engu-R165,167.
UWarrant Officer Karl Sander wethule ubufakazi phambi kwekhomishini kaMadlanga wafakwa kwi-polygraphed mayelana nokwebiwa kwe-cocaine engu-541kg endaweni okugcinwa kuyo izinto koKlebe ePort Shepstone, nakuba ayehlabe ikhefu ngesikhathi kunyamalala izidakamizwa. I-cocaine, eyashaqwa eDurban Harbour ngoNhlangulana ka-2021, ebibiza ngaphezu kuka-R200 million.
Ikhomishini manje isiqinisekisile ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwe-polygraph akusebenzanga. Bathole amaphutha amaningi enziwe umhloli. Imiphumela yachithwa.
USander wakhululwa ngokusemthethweni ngomhlaka-2 kuNhlangulana ka-2026.
Kodwa ikhomishini iphinde yezwa okunye. USander utshele lolu phenyo ukuthi ngemuva kokudalula abantu abaxhumene nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa, wakhishwa ophikweni lweNarcotics wafakwa kwi-desk duty. Ube esethola ukuthi kukhona ontshontshe umshini wakhe wekhofi emahhovisi oKlebe.
“Beba umshini wami wekhofi ongaphakathi emahhovisini oKlebe,” usho kanje.
Ngesikhathi ubufakazi bakhe buphumela obala, abantu baseNingizimu Afrika baphendula. Umkhankaso we-BackaBuddy uqoqe u-R165,167. Bangaphezu kuka-758 abantu abanikele.
Ikhomishini iphinde yezwa ngoLieutenant Colonel Justice Jabulani Duma oyisikhulu seCrime Intelligence, othe ukwebiwa kwe-cocaine esitokisini samaphoyisa kuyichilo emaphoyiseni e-SAPS.
“Sizama ukukhipha izidakamizwa emigwaqeni zigcine sezibuyela emigwaqeni zigadwe ngamaphoyisa,” usho kanje.
Owayeyinhloko yoKlebe KwaZulu-Natal, uMajor General Lesetja Senona, obekhona ngesikhathi kugcinwa izidakamizwa kodwa akafakwanga kwi-polygraph, kulindeleke ukuthi avele ngaphambi kwekhomishini ngoLwesihlanu.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umphenyi woKlebe, u-Warrant Officer Karl Sander ethula ubufakazi phambi kwekhomishini kaMadlanga ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi i-polygraph esetshenziswe kuye kwatholakala ukuthi inamaphutha amakhulu.
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