Overview
- A captain attached to the SAPS Forensic Science Laboratory was arrested by the Commission’s Recommendations Task Team on charges of defeating the ends of justice, police say.
- Investigators seized state property during the operation, including ballistic reports, several rounds of ammunition and other evidential material taken as relevant to ongoing probes.
- Police say the arrest is linked to allegations of evidence interference in multiple high-profile murder investigations and to material that was presented to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
- The suspect is due to appear before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court as the task team continues its early-stage criminal inquiries and evidence review.
- The arrest follows extensive commission testimony about flaws at the forensic lab — including missing analyses, incorrect case numbers and rewritten ballistic reports — and could prompt case reviews and renewed scrutiny of SAPS forensic practices.