On the run 'killer' cop armed to the teeth

07 May 2015 - 02:19 By Graeme Hosken

A heavily armed policeman alleged to have killed three murder suspects is on the run. The detective was based at Springs police station, on the East Rand. He is believed to be armed with his state-issued R5 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.He fled as other officers attempted to arrest him.His service pistol was recently taken from him because he was under investigation for misconduct.He went on the run after being alerted to his imminent arrest.His partner and two informants were arrested on Tuesday.The two policemen are allegedly responsible for murdering three suspects in several armed robbery and murder investigations.The bodies of the suspects, one of whom had been beaten to death, were found on Monday hidden in a field near the West Rand mining town of Carletonville.Two of the suspects had been shot.Moses Dlamini, spokesman for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, said the directorate had taken over the murder investigations from the police.He said the alleged murders were disclosed by an informant who was with the two policemen when they allegedly killed the suspects."He took [intelligence] agents to the field where the bodies were found," said Dlamini.A fourth suspect, he said, had been shot but survived."The policemen apparently wanted to kill all the men to cover up what they had done."..

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