Two police officers stationed in Limpopo, who are accused of robbing another police officer and his wife at gunpoint, were arrested on Wednesday.
The accused are Sergeant Reuben Madida, 48, and Warrant Officer Machel Raedani, 56, National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mashudu Malabi Dzhangi said in a statement.
It is alleged the two men accosted a warrant officer attached to the Local Criminal Record Centre in Kempton Park and his wife while they were driving in Tshandama Village community in Thohoyandou.
"The warrant officer was in the company of his wife, driving along the Tshandama/Khubvi public road, when he was allegedly ordered by the occupants of a Ford Focus to stop, who in the process, allegedly pointed a firearm at them," police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said in a statement.
Acting Limpopo police commissioner Major-General Jan Scheepers praised the police for quickly arresting the suspects and condemned the alleged criminal behaviour of the police officers.
