Hawks Head of Serious Organised Crime Investigations Hendrik Flynn has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that the theft of cocaine from Hawks premises in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), was by design.
Commission Chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, has described the sequence of events leading up to the theft as a “comedy of errors.”
“The cocaine was not stored at the Maiden Wharf, at Brighton Beach, at Mbilo, or at Durban Central, the furthest of which is Durban Central (which) is only 24 kilometers from Isipingo. Fifth, there is no explanation why the Port Shepston storage, which is 100 kilometers from Isipingo, was chosen. And sixth, on your evidence, General Senona did not follow the prescripts with regard to the handling of keys.”
MADLANGA COMMISSION | Hawks Major-General Hendrik Flynn, testifying on the alleged theft of 541 kg of cocaine, says it is not coincidental and the sequence of events was “indeed by design.” pic.twitter.com/Oe973fFbE9
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