KZN police officer arrested for assisting suspects to escape
· The South African
A police officer has been arrested for allegedly assisting suspects to escape from custody in KwaMsane, KwaZulu-Natal.
The cop was arrested on Friday, 29 May, for aiding and abetting suspects to escape from lawful custody, defeating the ends of justice and corruption.
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KWAZULU-NATAL POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ASSISTING SUSPECTS TO ESCAPE
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal Colonel Robert Netshiunda said on 27 February 2024, three suspects escaped from police holding cells at KwaMsane police station after they had cut steel burglar bars and roof iron sheet.
“A month later, Sibusiso Gumede, one of those who had escaped, was rearrested at a roadblock in Vryheid,” he said.
Further, Netshiunda said police investigations revealed that Gumede and his two accomplices’ escape was orchestrated by a Detective Warrant Officer who supplied them with a steel saw, allegedly after they paid him an amount of R5000.
“A warrant of arrest was issued by the court and the police officer was duly arrested.”
In another incident last month, police in the Eastern Cape launched a manhunt for eight detainees who escaped from lawful custody at Afsondering Police Station in Maluti. SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana confirmed that the group fled from the holding cells on 4 April 2026.
COP SET TO APPEAR IN COURT
The police officer in question will appear before the KwaMsane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 on charges of aiding and abetting suspects, defeating the ends of justice and corruption.