DURBAN - A critical component of the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal is being shaken up.<
Three senior officers have been suspended after over half a tonne of cocaine disappeared under their watch.
This comes amid revelations at the Madlanga Commission relating to the 2021 Port Shepstone drug scandal.
R200-million worth of cocaine was stolen from police custody.
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Brigadier Campbell Nyuswa, Colonel Gavin Jacobs and Lt-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya now face disciplinary action.
Provincial head, Leseja Senona, also faces the same fate.
The DPCI has told eNCA the suspensions are strictly an employer-employee matter.
In the video above, eNCA senior reporter Dasen Thathiah looks at the state of the organisation in the province.