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Two Limpopo policemen have been sent to jail for corruption.
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Two Limpopo police officers will spend the next five years in jail for asking an undocumented immigrant for a R500 bribe to avoid arrest.
Petty Officer Malose Frans Mogatla, 52, and Sergeant Madimetja Justice Lamola, 37, were convicted of corruption at the Mokopane Regional Court on Thursday.
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In April 2018, the Hawks received information about police officers demanding R500 from an undocumented alien they had arrested in Mokopane, said Hawks spokesman Capt.Matimba Maluleke.
The Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation Unit carried out a sting operation that resulted in the couple’s arrest.
Both were sentenced to five years in direct prison and were declared incapable of possessing a firearm.
The Hawks welcomed the conviction.
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