Izidakamizwa zazithathwe ezinyangeni ezedlule futhi lesi sigameko siphathwe njengecala elikhulu lokubambisana kwangaphakathi, ukuphepha okungekuhle, kanye nokwehluleka kwenqubo. Sivele kakhulu ebufakazini phambi kweKhomishini Yophenyo YakwaMadlanga.

Ukuthunjwa Nokugcinwa

Ngomhlaka-22 Juni 2021 noma cishe ngomhlaka-22 Juni 2021, abaphenyi boHawks bahlola isitsha endaweni yokugcina izimpahla i-CHC eSipingo (eduze kwaseThekwini). Ubuhlakani babusikisele cishe amakhilogremu angu-27 (noma izitini ezingu-27) ze-cocaine, kodwa kwatholakala ukuthi imali ethwalwayo inkulu kakhulu: izikhwama ezingu-27 eziqukethe amakhilogremu angu-541 ezitini ze-cocaine (ezinye ziphawulwe ngamalebula anjengelithi “Jaguar” kanye nelithi “TikTok”), okulinganiselwa ku-R200 kuya ku-R250 million ngaleso sikhathi.

Ngenxa yokushoda kwendawo eSiteshini Samaphoyisa sase-Isipingo (naphezu kokugcinwa kwezinye izidakamizwa ezinkulu lapho ngaphambilini), izidakamizwa zathuthelwa eningizimu ngamakhilomitha angaphezu kwe-100 emahhovisi e-Hawks Serious Organised Crime ePort Shepstone. Zabekwa ekamelweni eliphephile/eliqinile. Abagxeki kanye nobufakazi bekhomishini bachaze lesi sinqumo njengesingajwayelekile—izindawo eziseduze endaweni yaseThekwini azisetshenziswanga, futhi indawo yasePort Shepstone yayaziwa ukuthi inezinkinga ezinkulu zokuphepha.

Ukweba

Phakathi kuka-6 no-8 Novemba 2021 (ngempelasonto), i-cocaine yebiwa. Abasolwa bangena (imibiko ikhuluma ngamafasitela noma okunye ukungena) futhi basebenzisa umshini wokugaya ukugqekeza igumbi eliqinile. Uhlelo lwe-alamu lwesikhungo belungasebenzi, inkontileka yangasese yokuphendula ngezikhali yayiphelelwe yisikhathi ezinyangeni ezedlule (cishe ngoMashi 2021), kwakungekho makhamera e-CCTV asebenzayo noma onogada abasebenza amahora angama-24, futhi isakhiwo sasinomlando omude wokugqekeza (lokhu kwachazwa njengesigameko sesishiyagalombili cishe eminyakeni eyishumi). Izibhamu ezigcinwe endaweni efanayo azithathwanga, okwakhulisa izinsolo zokuthi i-cocaine yayihloselwe ngqo nokuthi ukweba kwakuwumsebenzi wangaphakathi. Kwavulwa icala lokweba kanye nokugqekeza kwebhizinisi.

Uphenyo, Izinsolo, kanye neKhomishini kaMadlanga

Leli cala lahlala lingaxazululwa iminyaka eminingi, kunenkolelo ebanzi yokuthi lalihilela ukusebenzisana kwangaphakathi. Ubufakazi phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga (ehlole ukungenwa kwesistimu yobulungiswa bobugebengu yizinkampani ezithengisa izidakamizwa kanye nokwehluleka kwamaphoyisa okuhlobene) bugqamise izinkinga eziningi:

Ukuphepha kanye nokwehluleka kwenqubo : Akukho ma-alamu asebenzayo, izinkontileka zokuphepha eziphelelwe yisikhathi, ukuntuleka kwamakhamera/onogada, ukuphathwa kwezihluthulelo okungajwayelekile, kanye nokwehluleka ukusheshisa imiboniso iye elabhorethri yokuhlolwa kwezifo.
Izimangalo “Ngokuklama” : UMajor-General Hendrik Flynn (inhloko yoKlebe Oluhlelekile Olukhulu) uchaze ukulandelana kwezehlakalo njengokuhlosiwe kunokuba “ukuhlekisa ngamaphutha.” USihlalo weKhomishini uJaji uMbuyiseli Madlanga ubuze ngokukhetha indawo yokugcina izinto kanye nezinye izinqumo.
Izinsolo zangaphakathi emsebenzini kanye nokuxhumana nabaphathi : I-Warrant Officer Karl Sander (umphenyi wezidakamizwa woHawks) ufakaze ngokuthi amasela ayehlobene nabaphathi boHawks nokuthi abasolwa bayaziwa. UColonel Gavin Jacob (iyunithi yobugebengu obuhleliwe eDurban) uphikile ukubandakanyeka komuntu siqu kodwa wavuma ukwehluleka kokuphatha kanye nokuphepha; uphinde wabhekisela kumuntu obika ngemibiko/obika ngezindaba okusolwa ukuthi uvumile ukuhlela nokwenza ukweba. Amanye amaphoyisa, okuhlanganisa uBrigadier Campbell Nyuswa (owayala indawo yokugcina ePort Shepstone) kanye noMajor-General Lesetja Senona (owayeyinhloko yoHawks eKZN ngaleso sikhathi, owayephethe izihluthulelo zesisefo), baye bazihlukanisa noma babhekana nokuhlolisiswa ngokuhlolwa kwe-polygraph kanye nokwenza izinqumo. Owayeyinhloko yoHawks kazwelonke uLt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya naye uphenywe ngokuqwashisa kanye nokulandelela.

Ubufakazi obuhlobene buhlanganise nezinye izimpahla ze-cocaine ezilahlekile cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, okuqinisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu mayelana nokuphathwa kwemiboniso yezidakamizwa ebiza kakhulu.

Intuthuko Yamuva (2026)

Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi kungekho muntu oboshiwe, i-Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit yoKlebe ibophe uLucas Legabe oneminyaka engu-49 ubudala ngomhlaka-7 Agasti 2026. Wavela okokuqala eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseGermiston, wadluliselwa KwaZulu-Natal, wavela eNkantolo yeMantshi yasePort Shepstone ngomhlaka-18 Agasti 2026. Ubhekene namacala ahlanganisa ukugqekeza indlu, ukweba, kanye nokuhweba ngezidakamizwa. Ukuboshwa okwengeziwe akukakhishwa.

Ngomhlaka-8 Septhemba 2026, uLegabe waphinde wavela ukuze afake isicelo sebheyili esisemthethweni. Uphikile noma yikuphi ukubandakanyeka. Ithimba lakhe labameli lathi encwadini efungelwe ukuthi kuthiwa wahlukunyezwa futhi waphoqeleka ukuba avume (amacala ahlose ukuwayisa kwiKhomishini Yamalungelo Abantu). Inani le-cocaine likhonjwe emibikweni yakamuva njengengaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-R216 kwezinye izindaba.

Umongo Obanzi kanye Nemiphumela

Lesi sigameko sivame ukubizwa ngokuthi uphawu lwezinkinga ezihlelekile ekusingathweni kokubanjwa kwezidakamizwa ezinkulu eNingizimu Afrika: ukugcinwa okunganele okuphephile, inkohlakalo yangaphakathi noma ukusebenzisana nabashushumbisi, ukucutshungulwa kwecala lobugebengu okulibazisekile, kanye nokuziphendulela okubuthakathaka. Kwakha ingxenye yendlela ehlolwe yiKhomishini yaseMadlanga kanye namanye amacala adumile ahilela ukuthunyelwa kwe-cocaine okuhlobene neBrazil kanye nokubandakanyeka kwamaphoyisa okusolwayo. Iqiniso lokuthi imithwalo emikhulu, enenani eliphezulu inganyamalala endaweni yeyunithi yobugebengu obubalulekile lonakalise ukuzethemba komphakathi futhi laphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nobuqotho boHawks kanye nezinhlaka ze-SAPS ezihlobene.

Uphenyo luyaqhubeka. Imiphumela yesicelo sebheyili sikaLegabe, noma yikuphi ukuboshwa okwengeziwe, kanye nokutholakele kwekhomishini kuzonquma izahluko ezilandelayo zokuziphendulela.