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Popular drug busting television show Sizok’thola is under investigation, MojaLove confirmed.
This comes after the death of an alleged suspect they were interrogating during the filming of the show in Ekurhuleni.
According to a news report, the presenter and his crew placed a plastic bag around his head and pepper-sprayed it before they suffocated him with it.
As they pinned him down, they said he should move the right leg as a signal that he wanted to confess.
The channel’s spokesperson Nonzwakazi Cekete said following a community tip-off on Wednesday, the crew attended to a drug bust in Katlehong and did so in conjunction with community law enforcement groups, as is customary, that are recognised by the local SAPS.
“It is our understanding that the information received by the crew and the local community groups was credible and verifiable.
“During the bust, which was conducted within the confines of the law, the suspected drug dealer, now the deceased, who is known as Robert “Kicks” Varrie resisted to cooperate with the law instructions of the recognised members of the community policing forum (CPF), who were dressed in their uniforms and had their credentials.
“Following persistence by the members of the CPF, the deceased agreed to hand over the illegal drugs that he had been hiding at the premises,” Cekete explained.
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She further confirmed that the crew was within the vicinity of the premises when the deceased was being questioned and that the channel is still investigating circumstances that led to the deceased having to be allegedly rushed to hospital.
“We will wait for the autopsy results for the cause of death,” Cekete concluded.
