Four police officers from the Crime Combating Unit were arrested in Cape Town on Monday night after having allegedly stolen R400 and R911 of airtime from a Somali-owned shop in Du Noon.
Speaking on Tuesday morning, shopkeeper Selman Cabdulqaadir said four men in police uniforms, driving an SAPS-marked 4x4 bakkie, robbed his elder brother's shop Maphinda's Spaza in Ingwe Street, Du Noon, at about 6pm on Monday.
He said he and his two brothers were in the shop when the men pulled up outside and, with guns on their hips, ordered them to open the security door, claiming they wanted to search for fake cigarettes.
Cabdulqaadir said when he opened the door the four men went inside the shop, closing the door behind them.
He says he and his brothers were then ordered to stand at the back of the room while they lit cigarettes of different brands, saying they were testing if they were fake.
He said "at some point" the men became aggressive and pushed them around, questioning them about their asylum-seeker or refugee documentation.
After "testing" the cigarettes they took R400 from the cash box and airtime worth R911, said Cabdulqaadir's half-brother Cabdi Hassan.
While leaving the shop, one of the men took an avocado pear, said Hassan.
"We were scared. They are supposed to protect us yet they are acting like criminals," said Cabdulqaadir.
"The thieves here do to us whatever they want, now police are doing the same."
He said as they left the shop, one of the men turned around and told them not to open the shop on Tuesday as they would return to check the validity of their Home Affairs documents, Hassan said.
Milnerton police spokesperson Warrant Officer Daphne Dell confirmed that four police officers from the CCU had been arrested on Monday night.
However, Dell was unable to say when the men would appear in court or what charges they faced. - Cape Times
Speaking on Tuesday morning, shopkeeper Selman Cabdulqaadir said four men in police uniforms, driving an SAPS-marked 4x4 bakkie, robbed his elder brother's shop Maphinda's Spaza in Ingwe Street, Du Noon, at about 6pm on Monday.
He said he and his two brothers were in the shop when the men pulled up outside and, with guns on their hips, ordered them to open the security door, claiming they wanted to search for fake cigarettes.
Cabdulqaadir said when he opened the door the four men went inside the shop, closing the door behind them.
He says he and his brothers were then ordered to stand at the back of the room while they lit cigarettes of different brands, saying they were testing if they were fake.
He said "at some point" the men became aggressive and pushed them around, questioning them about their asylum-seeker or refugee documentation.
After "testing" the cigarettes they took R400 from the cash box and airtime worth R911, said Cabdulqaadir's half-brother Cabdi Hassan.
While leaving the shop, one of the men took an avocado pear, said Hassan.
"We were scared. They are supposed to protect us yet they are acting like criminals," said Cabdulqaadir.
"The thieves here do to us whatever they want, now police are doing the same."
He said as they left the shop, one of the men turned around and told them not to open the shop on Tuesday as they would return to check the validity of their Home Affairs documents, Hassan said.
Milnerton police spokesperson Warrant Officer Daphne Dell confirmed that four police officers from the CCU had been arrested on Monday night.
However, Dell was unable to say when the men would appear in court or what charges they faced. - Cape Times
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