NATIONAL NEWS - Nine officials from the departments of Home affairs and Correctional Services have been arrested for allegedly illegally releasing at least 36 parolees for financial gain.
At a briefing in Pretoria this morning, the two departments announced that a specialised team of detectives worked tirelessly to crack a web of corrupt activities involving their own officials.
They will now face charges of contravention of the combating and prevention of corrupt activities act.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the investigation into the home affairs and correctional services officials started in 2016 and was headed by crime intelligence.
He says most of the 36 female parolees that were illegally released were drug smugglers.
Government officials arrested for illegally releasing parolees
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Posted on: 13:11 Mon, 19 March 2018
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