Madlanga Commission | Lt-Col Kwazikwakhe Sibiya denies link to scheme associated with drug theft

Lieutenant‑Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya of the Durban Hawks Serious Organised Crime Unit in KwaZulu‑Natal has denied previous witness testimony linking him to a scheme to steal a large consignment of drugs. Sibiya admits that he was part of the team assigned to the Isipingo depot in Durban on the 22nd of June 2021, where 541 kilograms of cocaine were intercepted by the Hawks and the Durban police. The drug consignment, valued at around 200 million rand, disappeared without a trace five months later at the Hawks' Port Shepstone storage facility. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry had previously heard that the theft was the work of an inside job by high-ranking KwaZulu‑Natal Hawks officials. Sibiya says on the day of the break-in, in November 2021, he was at a police training camp at the SAPS Paarl Academy in the Western Cape. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.