A spat among Western Cape cops has exposed deep fractures in the police — the country’s crime intelligence head having labelled some officers a “rogue team” and a detective accusing them of colluding with underworld figures.
Kinnear also said in his complaint that two of the officers had claimed to work “under the command” of Tiyo.Hansraj told amaBhungane that he was working with his union and attorneys to address Kinnear’s complaint.Tiyo referred questions to the police communications division. Modack has effectively claimed that his arrest was a set-up that would benefit Lifman, who also had an interest in nightclub security.
In mid-January Jacobs, the national crime intelligence boss, ratcheted up the conflict via an email to police bosses including National Commissioner Sitole, in which he backed Kinnear, calling the Tiyo group a “rogue team”. Some of this fragmentation was exposed because of a national gun-smuggling investigation that revealed how firearms meant to have been kept or destroyed by the police were channelled to Western Cape gangsters.Vearey, then like now provincial detective head, and Jacobs, who used to head crime intelligence in the province, had initially driven Project Impi, the firearm smuggling probe.
According to their labour court affidavits, Project Impi started out as a Western Cape-based investigation in December 2013, but morphed into a national one. Prinsloo had opened an unauthorised storeroom in Germiston. Instead of ensuring confiscated firearms were destroyed, according to his confession, he sold about 2 000 guns to Cape Town businessman Irshaad Laher.
Before joining Modack’s team, Mihalik had represented suspects widely viewed as bitter rivals to Modack. This meant that when he took on the Modack matter, Mihalik may have been seen as a threat to those he represented earlier — he may have had information that could be used against them. Jacobs’s affidavit revealed tensions between him and Tiyo, who had replaced him as head of crime intelligence in the province — he claimed that Tiyo “still lacked” the necessary security clearance at the time and was not suitable for the post.
Two main groups are involved. The first is allegedly headed by Modack, a middleman for luxury car sales, and Colin Booysen, an alleged gang boss previously convicted of murder. This has been labelled the “Modack group” in court.
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