COP ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO ARREST ‘DAGGA DEALERS’

MBABANE – Turning a blind eye on alleged dagga dealers while on patrol has resulted in a police officer being arrested.

The police officer Mazwi Senzo Dlamini, who is based at Siphofaneni Police Station, has been charged with defeating the ends of justice and extortion.

He is alleged to have failed to arrest the alleged dagga dealers whom he found standing next to a car at Siphofaneni while he was patrolling the area.

Dlamini (32) has since moved an application for bail at the High Court where he claimed that he was not aware that the people he found next to a shopping complex were dagga dealers.
In his bail application, Dlamini stated that he was arrested by police officers from the same station (Siphofaneni Police Station) on May 5, 2018. 

He told the court that after his arrest, he was subsequently charged with two counts.
He narrated that on the day in question; he was on patrol near Timbili Complex when he saw a suspicious group of people. 
According to Dlamini, two cars were parked where they were standing.

“As I approached, one of the people ran away and a motor vehicle that was close to where they were standing sped off. I left the scene as I did not have a back-up and I did not know why they were running away,” alleged the law enforcer.

The accused (Dlamini) submitted that days later, he was arrested and charged with defeating the ends of justice and extortion.
He claimed that it was only then that he learnt that the motor vehicle which sped off had a consignment.

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