South Africa is slowly becoming the land of opportunity...well for some.
Today we bring the heart warming tale of a crook turned cop.
Here is a typical, only in South Africa tale. Brigadier Musa Khumalo had a fine record of bringing down crime syndicates. His record boasted the recovery of over 40 stolen vehicles and hijacked cars. What a crime buster.
Then our super-cop's face was recognized by his co-workers in KZN when Johannesburg police circulated a photo of him. Then the story unfolded...Khumalo escaped from jail about a year, with the help of a warden..fled to KZN where adopted a senior police rank and proceeded to act in that role for around a year, undetected. He was initially arrested for murder and was thought to be involved in a car theft and hijacking syndicate. It emerged that his proud arrest records was in fact his way of ridding his syndicate of the competition.
Musa entered South Africa legally from Zimbabwe and then proceeded to obtain false documents. According to Home Affairs, Khumalo was declared dead in 2008.
After his escape from custody in Jo'burg, he fled to KZN, making friends with policeman and introducing himself as a brigadier from the Hawks unit. Soon he was insisting with investigation and gaining the trust of the other cops. With his 'working' knowledge of the crimes, he was handy in bringing his rivals down.
He has since disappeared once more and is being sought by police. Watch your local police station....or he may be our next general....got to love it..
Today we bring the heart warming tale of a crook turned cop.
Here is a typical, only in South Africa tale. Brigadier Musa Khumalo had a fine record of bringing down crime syndicates. His record boasted the recovery of over 40 stolen vehicles and hijacked cars. What a crime buster.
Then our super-cop's face was recognized by his co-workers in KZN when Johannesburg police circulated a photo of him. Then the story unfolded...Khumalo escaped from jail about a year, with the help of a warden..fled to KZN where adopted a senior police rank and proceeded to act in that role for around a year, undetected. He was initially arrested for murder and was thought to be involved in a car theft and hijacking syndicate. It emerged that his proud arrest records was in fact his way of ridding his syndicate of the competition.
Musa entered South Africa legally from Zimbabwe and then proceeded to obtain false documents. According to Home Affairs, Khumalo was declared dead in 2008.
After his escape from custody in Jo'burg, he fled to KZN, making friends with policeman and introducing himself as a brigadier from the Hawks unit. Soon he was insisting with investigation and gaining the trust of the other cops. With his 'working' knowledge of the crimes, he was handy in bringing his rivals down.
He has since disappeared once more and is being sought by police. Watch your local police station....or he may be our next general....got to love it..
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Wow! Seriously?!? Has still story been ridden in the press? I'm gobsmacked
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