RESERVE CONSTABLE APPEARS FOR ALLEGED UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR

RESERVE CONSTABLE APPEARS FOR ALLEGED UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR

EMBALENHLE – A 36-year-old reserve constable expected to make a brief appearance before the Secunda Magistrate’s Court for alleged possession of suspected stolen property and defeating the ends of justice on 4 March 2015.

The appearance of the suspect flew from an incident in which two suspects were apprehended for a house breaking accusation. In that particular house breaking incident which occurred in Embalenhle, several household items were stolen including a laptop and a microwave oven. The hard working police at Embalenhle managed to recover some of the items through the assistance of the benevolent community.

It then surfaced that two items were still missing, a laptop and the microwave oven. Further scrutiny revealed that the microwave oven had actual fact been found but it was not the one which was stolen from the complainant.

The two suspects were quick to mention to the police that a certain police official took the laptop and also swapped his microwave oven with the one of the complainant.

The police did not hesitate to follow the information. When they arrived at the house of the reserve constable, they indeed found the two items and arrested him.

The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General (Adv) Mark Magadlela said, “as much as we acknowledge the work done by reservists, we will also arrest those who are rotten potatoes in our midst.”