KZN officer nabbed for allegedly helping suspects flee custody
A police officer has been arrested in KwaZulu-Natal for assisting three suspects to escape from police custody at KwaMsane on the north coast.
It is believed the suspects escaped from the KwaMsane police station holding cells in February 2024, after cutting through steel burglar bars and iron roof sheeting.
Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says a month later, Sibusiso Gumede, one of those who had escaped, was rearrested at a roadblock in Vryheid.
“Police investigations revealed that Gumede and his two accomplices’ escape was orchestrated by a Detective Warrant Officer who supplied them with a steel saw, allegedly after they paid him an amount of R5000. A warrant of arrest was issued by the court and the police officer was duly arrested. He will appear before the KwaMsane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 on charges of aiding and abetting suspects, defeating the ends of justice and corruption.”
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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Anti-Corruption officers arrested a police Warrant Officer at KwaMsane on 29/05 for allegedly aiding and abetting suspects to escape… pic.twitter.com/gxTLnanBH2
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