The recent appearances bring the total number of accused in the matter to 36, police officials, retired captains, and administration clerks stationed at the supply chain post in Silverton along with some suppliers.They will all be facing charges of fraud, money laundering, corruption, and theft.
The recent arrests form part of the National Prosecuting Authority’s three-year investigations, which in June already witnessed the arrests of 16 senior members of the South African Police Service. The case relates to the accusations of manipulation of procurement documents for the branding of police vehicles as well as cover quoting of written price quotations for the South African police services.
The alleged incidents according to the Investigative Directorate happened more than two hundred times between the period of April 2016 and 2019. The quotations include contracts for the installation of palisade fencing, repair of state motor vehicles, gardening services, servicing of forklifts, and painting services, to the sum of R 29 million.
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