At least six police officers in Gauteng have been arrested on charges related to kidnappings.
This was revealed by police minister Bheki Cele in response to a parliamentary question for written reply posed in December by IFP MP Zandile Majozi.
According to Cele, it was only Gauteng that had police as criminal suspects in cases — dated 2019, 2020 and 2021 — of kidnappings. Four were SAPS members, and the other two officers were part of the metro police.
In one case in Pretoria West, two Tshwane metro police officers were arrested for suspected involvement in kidnapping.
However, the matter was provisionally withdrawn for “the tracking and tracing of the complainant”.
In Johannesburg, two SAPS members will appear in court on Friday for allegedly being co-conspirators with seven other suspects in a kidnapping case.
And two other SAPS members are due to appear for trial next month for suspected involvement in kidnappings in Bramley, Parkview and Rosebank.