R1 million jewellery missing
A HAWKS investigator has testified that alleged “Tatu” Gang boss, Anthony Gounden, “had the Verulam Police Station under control” and some of the detectives were on his payroll.
He said corrupt police officers were assisting drug dealers to open security companies so they could have access to firearms.
Gounden, 44, of Redcliffe, appeared in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court last week for the attempted murder of an off-duty metro police officer on March 9.
At the time, Gounden had fled the scene. He handed himself over to police on March 13.
Gounden is also facing charges of fraud, defeating and obstructing
