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Case file · Drug seizures
The R200 million Durban port cocaine that vanished from police custody
How an estimated R200 million in cocaine, seized at South Africa's busiest port, disappeared from a police office that intelligence reports had flagged as unsafe years earlier - and the chain of officers the commission is now questioning.
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Latest before the commission
Lt-Col Kwazikwakhe Sibiya
Hawks officer, Durban Serious Organised Crime Unit
A Durban Hawks officer brought onto the June 2021 Isipingo cocaine bust by his commander, Colonel Gavin Jacob - the seizure that preceded the R200m Port Shepstone theft. He told the commission he followed orders and was away at a Paarl training camp when the safe was broken into; the panel openly questioned his account.
Col Gavin Jacob
Commander, Durban Serious Organised Crime Unit - KZN Hawks
A chemistry graduate and commander of the Durban serious organised crime unit who led the 2021 seizure that became the R200m theft. He denied any role and said a polygraph vindicated him, but the commission challenged a string of decisions - booking himself onto the operation while on leave, running the scene himself for the first time at that scale, and moving the exhibits off-site - as irregular and inconsistent with his own statement.
W/O Karl Sander
Hawks narcotics investigator
A narcotics investigator with nearly four decades of service whose testimony became one of the most-watched moments of the commission. He said junior officers were victimised over the R200m theft, was polygraphed - including over his own stolen coffee machine - and was exonerated on the stand. The public rallied behind him, raising over half a million rand.
Lt-Col Jakobus Prinsloo
Lieutenant Colonel (retired), KZN Hawks
A retired Hawks officer who told the commission the theft might have been an inside job. He detailed the Port Shepstone facility's security failures and underwent a six-hour polygraph test, which he passed.
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Recent hearing days
- 114
Lt-Col Kwazikwakhe Sibiya
- 113
Col Gavin Jacob
The focus shifted from Colonel David Jacob’s initial account of corruption in drug investigations (Day 112) to how internal disciplinary mechanisms were weaponized against whistleblowers.
- 112
Col Gavin Jacob
Colonel David Jacob was testifying about corruption and misconduct within the Hawks. His evidence focused on irregularities in drug‑related investigations, including how senior officers manipulated outcomes and targeted whistleblowers.