Central SA
Free State officers arrested for soliciting a bribe─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 10:17 Sat, 23 Apr 2022
Two Free State traffic officers are facing charges of corruption after allegedly bribing a motorist.
According to police spokesperson in the Free State, Stephen Thakeng, two provincial traffic officers demanded R1500 from a complainant to release his vehicle after seizing it outside Bultfontein, towards Bloemfontein.
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Thakeng says that police from Welkom and Bloemfontein tracked down the officers after the complainant reported the incident.
He says both traffic officers were searched and an amount of R1500 was discovered in their possession.
Thakeng says that the 32-year-old man and 45-year-old woman were arrested on the spot and they will appear before the Bultfontein Magistrate Court on Monday 25 April.
