Almost 8.5-million litres of fuel valued at about R102m were stolen from transnational Transnet pipes in the past year, says Hawks head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya.
Lebeya said 229 accused people were convicted and sentenced, and of these 12 are sharing 17 life term imprisonment sentences. number of accused people on court rolls to more than 11,673. A total of 1,936 cases that are under investigation have reached a are assessing them,” he said.
He said the arrests were made when the suspects were delivering the stolen cargo in Kromdraai, Witbank. “A tanker with fuel which was involved in the incident and five luxury vehicles — a Jeep V8 SUV, Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV, Jeep SRT 8, Mercedes-Benz Viano minibus and Toyota Land Cruiser — were seized.”Regarding drug-related cases, Lebeya said four clandestine narcotics laboratories were dismantled in the third quarter and 10 suspects arrested
He said drugs including mandrax, cocaine, tik and dagga, potentially worth more than R23.5m, were seized.
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