A 35-year-old Limpopo traffic officer has been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of R600 and six 2l bottles of cold drink from a truck driver.
According to SAPS spokesperson Brig Hlulani Mashaba, the officer, who is attached to the provincial traffic police, was arrested by the anti-corruption unit after an incident on Matlala Road in Extension 76, Polokwane.
It is alleged that on Friday, April 24, at about 2pm, members of the provincial anti-corruption unit were conducting their duties when they observed a government-issued white VW Polo with blue lights stopping a white truck loaded with cold drinks, said Mashaba.
