Cop, three suspects linked to Glebelands murders arrested
Updated | By Lethiwe Mdluli
A police officer has been arrested with three other suspects in connection with some of the murders at Durban's Glebelands Hostel.
Police spokesperson, Jay Naicker says the arrests were effected during pre-dawns raids in southern KZN and at the hostel yesterday.
"During the raid in Harding, a 29-year-old suspect was arrested. At Block 51 in Glebelands, a 45-year-old suspect was arrested and a 34-year-old suspect was arrested at Block 43. During a search of the room - we recovered a police cap, two police reflector jackets, a state-issued laptop as well as a number of internal police correspondence.
"This morning at 6am, the team then proceeded to the Durban central police station where they arrested a 37-year-old officer linked to a number of shootings," he says.
More than 90 people have been killed at the Umlazi hostel in the last three years.
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But arrests and convictions have been few - mainly due to witnesses not coming forward out of fear.
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