CROOKED BLUE LINE: Cocaine, kidnappings and robberies — damning allegations levelled against Joburg metro police

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The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department faces allegations of collusion with criminal syndicates, interference in cocaine cases, kidnappings and robberies, and threats against officers investigating corruption in the department.

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