A former Northern Cape SAPS officer has been found guilty of sharing confidential details of planned police operations with criminals. On Tuesday, 42-year-old Sebastian Johnson was convicted of defeating the ends of justice in the Kimberley Regional Court. Northern Cape Hawks spokesperson Captain Tebogo Thebe said Johnson’s illegal activities came to light in April 2021 after the Hawks conducted an operation to arrest members of a drug syndicate. The team discovered confidential pictures of the planned operation's documents on the cellphones of the arrested suspects. “Johnson, who was a South African Police Services (SAPS) employee at the time, was arrested after evidence obtained fingered him as the mole who worked with criminals by tipping them off on upcoming operations," he said.

Source: News 24 April 28, 2023 09:50 UTC