The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) have bust two traffic officers and a driving instructor for corruption, Eastern Cape police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Anelisa Feni said the trio would appear in the Libode Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of fraud and corruption.
"The Serious Corruption Investigation unit of the Hawks arrested a 30-year-old driving instructor who works for a driving school in Libode for allegedly organising clients for Traffic Officers to sell Learner’s and Driver’s licences to," she said.
Feni said the traffic officers, aged 38 and 52 years old, were arrested on Tuesday at the licensing and testing centre of the Nyandeni local municipality’s traffic department.
"During the arrest, the Hawks, among other items, seized completed application forms for Drivers and Learners licenses in the private vehicle of one of the traffic officers."
– African News Agency (ANA)
