PRETORIA – Three South African Police Service (SAPS) detectives attached to the Pretoria West police station were arrested on Thursday, 14 May, following a targeted undercover operation. The arrests were executed by the National Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit on charges of corruption and extortion.

According to a preliminary investigation report, the suspects—comprising two sergeants and one constable—allegedly abused their positions to extort money from two individuals. The targets of the extortion were suspects linked to an active kidnapping case that the three detectives were officially investigating.