Durban cop in court for bribery
A police officer and two other suspects are set to line up
in a Durban court on Monday on drug-related charges.
Police say the cop was caught by fellow officers last week soliciting a bribe on Noble Road in Umbilo.
They say a man was spotted leaning into a police vehicle and handing something over through the front passenger window.
KZN police spokesperson Nqobile Gwala says the officer in the vehicle apparently threw what was in his hand out of the window when he saw the police team approaching.
"Sergeant was confronted and placed under arrest for corruption and defeating the ends of justice after an amount of R200, which is what he is suspected to have thrown, was retrieved from the drain."
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The man who handed the money to the police officer was subsequently caught with drugs.
He was ordered to take the operational team to his apartment where they found a second man.
The flat was searched and police found pieces of cocaine and R7000 cash suspected to be the proceeds of crime.
