Former police officer Jerome Claude Hendricks (50) was sentenced on 5 October 2022 by the Mitchells Plain Magistrates’ Court for corruption and dealing in illicit cigarettes following his conviction in June this year.
This comes after his arrest in February 2011 in Beaufort West after he was found escorting a truck loaded with illicit cigarettes worth more than R495 000-00.
At the time of the incident, Hendricks was dressed in full police uniform, driving a Toyota RunX vehicle belonging to a police officer who had travelled from Pretoria destined for Cape Town.
The truck was stopped and searched resulting in the contraband being seized and the case was transferred to the Hawks for further investigation which has culminated in Hendricks’ sentencing.
Hendricks will effectively serve a six year imprisonment term.
