Businessman Tumelo Nku has told the Madlanga commission of inquiry how he became aware of the 2021 Aeroton drug bust, where 715kg of cocaine worth R300m was seized at a Scania depot in Johannesburg.
The cargo had travelled from Durban harbour to the Aeroton depot, where senior law enforcement officials allegedly interfered with the operation.
Nku was found at the scene, parked a short distance away, with about R60,000 in cash in his vehicle. While state investigators accuse him of being a key facilitator for the drug-concealing containers, Nku maintains he was acting strictly as an informant.
