They were arrested the same day by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team in Mpumalanga for alleged corruption.

It is alleged that last year January one of the accused was investigating a case of rape against a complainant. Instead of arresting the suspect the accused phoned him and told him that she is investigating a case against him, but for him not to be arrested and for the case to be dropped he must pay R25 000.

The accused drove to the workplace of the complainant, demanding money.

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He told them that he does not have such an amount, but he can give them R5 000 cash.

They instructed him to put the money inside the state vehicle that they were driving and told him that they spoke to the prosecutor and he said he must pay an extra R10 000.

The accused kept on phoning the man, demanding money, until he reported the matter to the Hawks who initiated an investigation.
An undercover operation was conducted but the officers kept on postponing the meeting with the man.

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The court issued warrants of arrest against the trio which were executed on Monday and the police officers were arrested at their workplace.
They appeared in court and were released on R3 000 bail each. The case was transferred to the Nelspruit Commercial Crimes Court for July 6.