Police members on gangs’ payrolls

When D/W/O Sivan Naidoo of the Hawks testified in the Verulam Magistrates’ Court in April 2024, he stated that Anthony Gounden, the alleged leader of the “Tatu” gang, who was facing charges for the attempted murder of an off-duty metro police officer on 9 March 2024, had significant influence over members at Verulam Police Station.