Ex-cop denies son killed by police was involved in drugs after alleged R2.5m hit
A former police detective has given the Madlanga commission a detailed account of the events he believes culminated in the killing of his son, Bevan Loftus, and four others in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) three years ago.
Madlanga commission continues Loftus, who served in the South African Police Service (Saps) for 20 years before leaving in 2009, rejected claims that his son was involved in drug trafficking or any murders.
The former police officer told the commission that violence escalated in Wentworth in 2020, with Bevan, his friends and drivers becoming targets of shootings allegedly linked to a drug gang known as “the Cartel”.
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