An official who works at the Traffic Department in Port St Johns has been arrested for corruption after he attempted to bribe his way out of an investigation.
The suspect, 36, was being investigated after some irregularities in his department were found and documents confiscated.
According to Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, police spokesperson, the suspect immediately followed up with a call to arrange that the inspector, who was investigating the matter, meet with him at one of the petrol stations in King William’s Town.
“Having been allowed by the inspector, who had already alerted the police of this particular arrangement, the suspect arrived on Friday evening, May 27 at the petrol station to pay a bribe to the inspector so that the files could be destroyed and the matter not reported to the authorities.
“After delivering the money, a sum of R10 000 in the vehicle of the inspector, the police arrived and immediately arrested him for corruption,” Kinana said.
Expressing her satisfaction with the work done by the Anti-Corruption Unit, the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene, said, “the wheel of anti-corruption has begun to grind and those who continue to disregard our warnings will not escape being crushed by it.”
The suspect was then taken into police custody, pending his appearance in the King William’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday, May 30 on charges related to corruption.
