Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief, Julius Mkhwanazi and Witness K are set to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday after spending the weekend behind bars.
Mkhwanazi was arrested on Friday for alleged involvement in the theft of precious stones worth nearly R15 million in 2023.
Witness K, who testified at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria in relation to the theft, was also arrested.
Witness K was a Johannesburg Metro Police officer and the then girlfriend of Mkhwanazi.
She told the commission that Mkhwanazi had plotted the theft.
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